{"product_id":"lost-in-the-bardo-paperback","title":"Lost in the Bardo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolynn Kingyens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't know of another book of poetry that portrays middle age with the blend of humor and deep emotion that distinguishes Carloynn Kingyens' \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost in the Bardo.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e In vivid high res, these poems combine spiky wit and acute observation with the vulnerable openness of a voice \"forever searching.\" Contemporary poetry is larger and more alive for this superb collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Campion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Summer Evening at the Falls, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl Dorado, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnembellished and heart-searing, Carolynn Kingyens' \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e forms a calendar of regrets for the stun called middle age; for the feeling of already having lived all these violences, invisibilities, in-betweennesses, frantic beliefs and unknowabilities, all these hopes of hope; for how some people say you can move beyond grief's blast furnace in a predictable plot arc, leave it behind as if you were walking out of a bad blockbuster, but how it really just keeps crowding you up at the very moments you think you might, just might, finally have found something like release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLance Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolute Away, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways Crashing in the Same Car, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Red Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Carolynn Kingyens' third book of poetry, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost in the Bardo, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e she captures the state of transition, the limbo - as we reluctantly shed our younger selves to the vagaries of middle age and beyond. There is a wonderful yin and yang going on here between holding on and letting go. Kingyens puts a sharp, unrelenting focus on the institution of marriage, spirituality, the flush body and the sallow one, and the everlasting search for connection and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoug Holder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, former Co-President, New England Poetry Club and Founder, Ibbetson Street Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 68\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56149977596209,"sku":"9798901467039","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/rYyWPWwbg69798901467039.webp?v=1788689253","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/lost-in-the-bardo-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}