{"product_id":"unbalancing-act-paperback","title":"Unbalancing ACT - 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\u003eM. M. Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnbalancing Act\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting collection of poems about the particular physics of loving and losing--about the way grief, desire, memory, and awe can tip a life off its axis, and right it again. The speaker moves through fire and water, childhood, intimacy and abandonment, always with one eye on the natural world: bears, whales, rivers, storms, animals sleeping in impossible ways. The poems are lyric but narrative-driven, often darkly funny, and fascinated--bordering on obsessed--with the strange facts and small surrealities that make ordinary life feel mythic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, the book is about imbalance as a kind of truth: the way trauma warps time, the way love can feel like weather, the way the body keeps trying to survive even when the mind wants to disappear. It's a collection for readers who like their beauty a little feral--poems that are tender but not precious, intelligent but not academic, and emotionally sharp without ever losing their sense of wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.M. Kelly holds an A.B. in Political Theory from Princeton University, a J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law, and an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. After studying at Virginia Law, she co-edited and contributed to the Law of War Anthology \u003ci\u003eLifting the Fog of War: New Thinking about War and War Prevention\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also Founder and Lead Guide at Backcountry Academics, an elite academic and admissions consultancy. Her poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Asheville Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConsequence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHanging Loose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJabberwock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003ci\u003eUnbalancing Act\u003c\/i\u003e is her first collection. She lives on a farm in Virginia with her shepherd dog, Huckleberry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56436627439921,"sku":"9781961897922","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/2hlX4is1yT9781961897922.webp?v=1790175155","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/unbalancing-act-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}