{"product_id":"beckoning-paperback-1","title":"Beckoning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHollie Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you become your best self in what feels like the worst of worlds? Both probing and playful, the poems in this collection are interested in what it means to be a good person while trying to survive late capitalism. Is it our intentions or our actions which make us \"good\"? Is it enough to try to do better, or must our trying accomplish something? The speakers of these poems are often looking for better versions of themselves, imagining other selves within themselves, and seeking out alternate worlds in which they are themselves but new and improved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollie Adams, originally from Windsor, Ontario, now lives in Bangor, Maine, teaching Creative Writing and Canadian Literature at the University of Maine. She studied at the University of Windsor and holds a PhD in English from the University of Calgary. Hollie is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThings You've Inherited from Your Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (NeWest Press, 2015) and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eDear Humans\u003c\/i\u003e (NeWest Press, 2026). She has served as the fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Review\u003c\/i\u003e and as Resident Artist at Acadia National Park. Her poetry and prose have been published in magazines and anthologies including \u003ci\u003eGeist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Verse 2\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 7.91 x 4.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57187308241201,"sku":"9781778490477","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/rNuLoHAoh99781778490477.webp?v=1793274690","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/beckoning-paperback-1","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}