{"product_id":"if-we-still-lived-where-i-was-born-9781599542430","title":"If We Still Lived Where I Was Born","description":"In Maria Giura's \u003cem\u003eIf We Still Lived Where I Was Born\u003c\/em\u003e, the narrator unlocks the meaning she's made of her childhood and heritage, spirituality and lost loves and draws the reader in to retrieve their \u003cem\u003eown\u003c\/em\u003e. The collection begins in the apartment above her parents' Brooklyn pastry shoppe where she imagines them \u003cem\u003estill fighting, still making us, still together\u003c\/em\u003e, then shifts to adulthood where she learns to stay still long enough to listen for the story, and then returns to childhood where her mother and aunts teach their kids \u003cem\u003eto spread out their blankets and live\u003c\/em\u003e. Moving between New York and Italy, between family and \"stranger,\" these poems show longing and vulnerability, but also the thrill of being young and part of something larger than oneself, of making peace, and pursuing the path you were meant to. They brim with the people and places that have taught her the most and ring with pathos and celebration, from her immigrant father \u003cem\u003ewaiting for her on the corner . . . bread in his hand\u003c\/em\u003e to the sister who \u003cem\u003epulled the music out of her, helped her make her own song.\u003c\/em\u003e Beginning with a journey to a literal birth place and extending outward to many figurative places of self-discovery, this collection explores what lasts when all else passes away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Giura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bordighera Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781599542430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiura, Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Maria Giura is also the author of Celibate: A Memoir, which won a 1st place Independent Press Award, and What My Father Taught Me. An Academy of American Poets winner, Giura has been published in several journals including New York Quarterly, Prime Number, I-70, Liguorian, Presence, Midstory, PLR, Italian Americana and Voices in Italian Americana. She received her PhD in English from Binghamton University and teaches writing workshops for Casa Belvedere Cultural Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Maria Giura \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699025690781,"sku":"9781599542430","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ad4e7b3e-cf6a-4a81-9110-585bec210905.jpg?v=1772696131","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/if-we-still-lived-where-i-was-born-9781599542430","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}