{"product_id":"almost-too-much","title":"Almost Too Much","description":"Poetry. Almost Too Much both tactfully and relentlessly interrogates our human experience in these dehumanizing times. There's not a sliver of false hope in these pages, but reading them, we catch glimpses of the paradox of our lives, that The sound of geese \/overhead, their thin cries clear \/as night through the ceilings and roof \/ of the house, is either the saddest \/sound [we] will ever know \/ or one of great lifting joy. Barbara Murphy's quietly brilliant poems move us readers toward usable truth.--David Huddle Author of \u003cem\u003eGlory River\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlacksnake at the Family Reunion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Murphy's lyrical narratives, lively and exact, speak of braveries and hesitations, fugitive beauties and stations of calm. A lifetime of truths take the reader through first games of hide and seek, the boys so far away\/lost in their secret places\/there was no way\/they'd ever get home in time; first loves and second marriages where desire is more of a casual friend.\/It will not\/always be there breathless and flushed; loving children and step-children with different needs in different time zones. These poems should be read aloud for their honesty and musicality. They do the heart good. Almost Too Much is a stunning debut.--Dzvinia Orlowsky Author of \u003cem\u003eSilvertone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Handful of Bees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deeply intimate, each line a breath. In flashes of brilliance against a landscape of existential dread, these poems flare up and stare down this given world until it surrenders its grace.--Nancy Mitchell Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Near Surround\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGrief Hut\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609325785257,"sku":"PHBK-9780986111136","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_64951ba8-9044-4900-8c15-c294182f0d8e.jpg?v=1764697034","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/almost-too-much","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}