{"product_id":"through-glass-rooms","title":"Through Glass Rooms","description":"\u003ch3\u003eClaire McQuerry\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"..\/pages\/free-verse-editions\"\u003eFree Verse Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Edited by Jon Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease Date: 5 January 2027.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformation and Pricing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e978-1-64317-650-5 (paperback, $18.95); 978-1-64317-651-2 (PDF, $9.95); 978-1-64317-652-9 (EPUB, $9.95). © 2027 by Parlor Press, 98 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBookstores\u003c\/strong\u003e: Order by mail or phone. \u003ca href=\"..\/pages\/order-books-4\"\u003eSee our \"Sales and Ordering Page\" for details.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Elfsight PDF Embed | Through Glass Rooms --\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/elfsightcdn.com\/platform.js\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elfsight-app-d003a90f-e91b-4ae1-8b6b-4d974aa24a90\" data-elfsight-app-lazy=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThrough Glass Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her harrowing new book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough Glass Rooms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Claire McQuerry proves the wisdom of what she calls the junco’s “single strength”: “her foolish, faultless persistence.”  These poems persist in so many ways: in their clear-eyed accounting of a peril that is both terrifying and transformational; in their careful attentiveness to words as themselves substantive and consequential; in their brave pursuit of poetic and spiritual order in the face of life’s ambushing demolishments.  McQuerry’s own persistence has produced a truly compelling collection that manages, somehow, to be a page-turner even as its musical, muscular lines invite slow, slow reading. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eKimberly Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFatal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClaire McQuerry’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough Glass Rooms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inhabits the charged space where fairy tale, prayer, and lived experience meet. In poems of striking narrative grace and emotional clarity, she traces the unraveling of a marriage against the myths that shape our understanding of love, devotion, and identity. Tender, unsettling, and morally complex, this collection reveals a poet of rare insight and power. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Prufer\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fears\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomething of a contemporary Persephone, the speaker of these poems—which are, at turns, heartbreaking, at turns, triumphant—meditates upon the cruelties and privations of a bewildering season in the underworld, “those worst and happiest years.” Intermittent prayer and honest self-interrogation lead her gradually to exult in her struggle to return to the regions of light and abundance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eScott Cairns\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst Certainty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0050\/3028\/1251\/files\/McQuerry_Author_160x160.png?v=1794574364\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaire McQuerry\u003c\/strong\u003e is author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eLacemakers\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Southern Illinois University Press), which won the Crab Orchard First Book Prize and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award in poetry. She is co-translator, with Celine Bourhis, of Virginie Laluq’s book-length poem \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCutting the Stems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Saturnalia Books), winner of the Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize. McQuerry’s poetry and translations have recently appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sun Magazine, The Cincinnati Review, Image, Memorious, Denver Quarterly, Seneca Review, The Shore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand other journals. She is a recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize and fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. She is Associate Professor and Director of Creative Writing at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotograph of the author by Matt Gannon. 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