{"product_id":"to-carve-a-path-through-thickets","title":"To Carve a Path Through Thickets","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWinner of Orison Books’ 2023 Best Spiritual Literature poem prize and a \u003ci\u003eNaugatuck River Review\u003c\/i\u003e 2024 Best Narrative Poem finalist, \u003cstrong\u003eMerryn Rutledge\u003c\/strong\u003e is widely published. Her previous collection is \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/sweet-juice-and-ruby-bitter-seed?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=f456c3d31\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweet Juice and Ruby-Bitter Seed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Kelsay Books, 2023). Merryn teaches poetry craft, reviews new poetry books, and volunteers for social justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAfter teaching literature and creative writing for many years at Phillips Exeter Academy, she earned a doctorate in leadership and ran a US-based leadership development consulting firm. During this period, Merryn’s writing on her field work in leadership was published in peer-reviewed journals, as book chapters, and as books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWebsite:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.merrynpoetry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003emerrynpoetry.org\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 98 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (April 21, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407733186744,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/rutledge4_front.jpg?v=1777219332","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/to-carve-a-path-through-thickets","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}