{"product_id":"intimacy-obstacles-and-miracles-paperback","title":"Intimacy, Obstacles, and Miracles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Let me live content in the vicinity \/ of my undiscovered novelty,\" Jane Simon sagely writes in her splendid debut collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimacy, Obstacles, and Miracles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe illuminates the profound paradoxes she observes with events as ordinary as getting a haircut or glimpsing a well-trained dog. Simon is a deft portraitist, using her piquant observations and quick lines to investigate a wide circle of characters. The reflections in her poems are at once majestic, experienced, yet humble. This fascinating combination of qualities makes sense when one discovers that the poet-psychiatrist was once a forensic physician - a poet at home in a medical examiner's lab, yet who made the leap to become a physician of the mind. As a result, the poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimacy, Obstacles, and Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e make a sparkling testament to staying curious about every aspect of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Analyst: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Widow's Crayon Box\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Poetry?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the irrationality of reality weaves itself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003einto a mysterious fabric, never woven before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are an artist, a maker!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow often do you become the center, the creator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat elucidates the miracle of each moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are the iridescent hummingbird in flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome join me to fly in fragrant air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo soar high means each of us could first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esave oneself and then, the whole world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Simon has ascended the ladder from pathology to psychiatry to poetry. She is the author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho's Ever Enough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Toolbox of Blogs: Integrating Psyche and Society, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e as well as two illustrated books, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cabala of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Toolbox of Paradox.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Her poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eArizona Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Buzzard Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbia Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe RavensPerch, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. An alumna of Barnard College and Temple University School of Medicine, she lives and practices psychiatry in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67926508273918,"sku":"9798901466025","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/3SvRg28yxW9798901466025.webp?v=1793449918","url":"https:\/\/123learningstore.com\/products\/intimacy-obstacles-and-miracles-paperback","provider":"123 Learning Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}