{"product_id":"return-love-notes-from-the-mountain","title":"[re]turn: love notes from the island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e What does the world we live in mean to us? More, when we bring it to mind, than just a platform for our daily living. Where we live is intricate, intimate, deep-time entangled and never, from the microbes of our guts to the minerals of the moon, only to do with humans. The poems of \u003ci\u003e[re]turn\u003c\/i\u003e are besotted not by the \u003ci\u003ewho\u003c\/i\u003e but the inclusive \u003ci\u003ewhere\u003c\/i\u003e of what it is to be alive. Snout beetle, rain drop, these phone-cradling humans, the humpback whales, all of it, even AI, pours through these poems for the Earth we currently have. The world is not a stage. And perhaps, if we are lucky, there are ways to (re)turn to a being and becoming that is consciously, encompassingly, a part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e Kristen Lang lives in mountainous country in north-west Tasmania. In her writing, closeness and connection combine with a beyond-human view that celebrates ecological continuity. Her collection of poems and photographs \u003cem\u003eLet me show you a ripple\u003c\/em\u003e was self-published in 2008. In 2017, her poetry books \u003cem\u003eSkinNotes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Light\u003c\/em\u003e were published by Walleah Press and Five Islands Press. The latter was longlisted for the 2019 Margaret Scott Award. \u003cem\u003eEarth Dwellers\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 2021 by Giramondo, was longlisted for the 2021 Laurel Prize. February 2026 ISBN: 978-1-7637331-9-0\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42238584815671,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/2620_UP_return_front-cover.jpg?v=1779074771","url":"https:\/\/upswellpublishing.com\/products\/return-love-notes-from-the-mountain","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}