{"product_id":"this-earth-this-body","title":"This Earth, This Body","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArlene Iris Distler\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and spent her childhood in Queens, New York, and Miami Beach, Florida. She has lived for all her adult life in southern Vermont where she has raised four children in the wilds of the Green Mountains and in the town of Brattleboro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe is a freelance writer, potter, painter, and founder of Write Action, a non-profit organization that seeks to encourage, nurture, and promote the literary arts. Write Action has been an important part of Distler’s community life for over two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDistler has published in online and print journals, been a finalist in several contests, and in 2014 published her first chapbook, \u003cem\u003eVoices Like Wind Chimes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith a background in painting, for twenty years she has combined her love of the visual arts and writing through reviews and features for \u003cem\u003eArt New England, Southern Vermont Arts \u0026amp; Living, American Craft Magazine, Vermont Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eBrattleboro Reformer,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCommons\u003c\/em\u003e newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMostly self-taught as a poet, she has learned her craft at writing retreats at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, the Frost Place at Laconia, New Hampshire, Omega Institute and The Phoenix Center. She has been awarded grants from the Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Council on the Arts, and Pen America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecently she has delved into the poetry of pottery, exploring the craft and art in a co-operative studio in Brattleboro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoth Buddhism and her Jewish heritage have played important parts in her life and her writing. She would like to think a love of sculptural form, beauty seen behind and beyond the seen, and appreciation for the power of words inform her poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 96 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (September 7, 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrattelboro Reformer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495330480189,"sku":"jio1787286685589","price":15.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/this-earth-this-body_1.jpg?v=1787286691","url":"https:\/\/ownstyleboutique.shop\/products\/this-earth-this-body","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}