{"product_id":"9781949944860","title":"A Holy Dread","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2024 Alice James Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“…the holy dread with which we face that which we love most, or that which loves us the most…”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Mary Ruefle, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“On Fear” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this highly anticipated second collection of poetry, R. A. Villanueva reckons with identity, family, and history to illuminate the tenderness and calamity of the world we make together—the beauty and grief our children will inherit. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Holy Dread\u003c\/em\u003e emerges from essential questions and fierce hopes about why we create, who we hold dear, and how we might brave “every small \/ catastrophe laced with joy.” Inspired by his experiences as a Filipino American writer, educator, son, and father, Villanueva’s revelatory new book expands on his celebrated debut, \u003cem\u003eReliquaria\u003c\/em\u003e, with grace and intensity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough explorations of faith and myth, experiments with praise songs, sonnet sequences, devotionals, and lyric fragments, Villanueva’s poems dare to reach for “all-trembling miracles” even as things fall apart around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"R. A. Villanueva","offers":[{"title":"Alice James Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-02-27","offer_id":47353560170751,"sku":"9781949944860","price":32.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3a463b17-0e2b-40ac-ae32-16cad853d41c.jpg?v=1760540747","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781949944860","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}