{"product_id":"daybreak-and-deep","title":"Daybreak and Deep","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica D. Thompson,\u003c\/strong\u003e a native of Kentucky, lives in a stone house on twenty-five acres at the edge of a classified forest in Southern Indiana. Most of the poems in \u003cem\u003eDaybreak and Deep\u003c\/em\u003e were written in the nearby village of New Harmony, Indiana, the site of an early Utopian settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor many years, Jessica worked as a Human Resource professional while simultaneously serving as a crisis office volunteer, as well as a hospital and legal advocate for a battered women’s shelter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, among them: \u003cem\u003eAppalachian Heritage, The Southern Review, Ruminate Magazine, Tiferet Journal,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCirce’s Lament: Anthology of Wild Women Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (Accents Publishing). Her awards include the James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry (\u003cem\u003eNew Southerner,\u003c\/em\u003e 2013) and the Kudzu Poetry Prize (2014). She was a finalist in the Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize (\u003cem\u003eThe Heartland Review,\u003c\/em\u003e 2012), the Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize (\u003cem\u003eRuminate Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e 2014), and the Betty Gabehart Prize in Poetry (Kentucky Women Writers, 2016). In 2022, the title poem in this collection, “Daybreak and Deep,” was a finalist in the Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize (\u003cem\u003eThe Heartland Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe has a soft spot for dogs, butter croissants, and strong, black coffee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 72 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (September 7, 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eAwards:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAmerican Book Fest: 2022 Narrative Poetry Finalist\u003cbr\u003eEric Hoffer Award 2023 da Vinci Eye Finalist\u003cbr\u003eIndiana Author Awards 2024 Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublicity:\u003cbr\u003eVerse Daily Featured Poem\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495330644029,"sku":"rui1787286685924","price":14.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/daybreak-and-deep_1.jpg?v=1787286691","url":"https:\/\/ownstyleboutique.shop\/products\/daybreak-and-deep","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}