{"product_id":"around-the-block","title":"Around the Block","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Axelrod\u003c\/strong\u003e’s poems draw upon her childhood in San Francisco, an abiding connection to the landscape of Northern California, and summers spent on a small island in Maine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eAround the Block\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e is Axelrod’s fourth book of poetry, following \u003ci\u003ePasserby\u003c\/i\u003e (Antrim Books, 2015), \u003ci\u003eNorth Window\u003c\/i\u003e (Finishing Line Press, 2020), and \u003ci\u003eBy Chance\u003c\/i\u003e (Kelsay Books, 2023). Her poems have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Muddy River Review, The Galway Review, The Cafe Review, On the Seawall,\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She is a winner of the 2019 Cambridge Poetry Contest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eAxelrod’s professional life was in the world of architecture and urban planning. She holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is the former Director of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, a national award for urban placemaking. She lives and works in Cambridge, MA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 86 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (November 21, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026018779335,"sku":"rsc1787287084441","price":15.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/7923\/3735\/files\/around-the-block_1.jpg?v=1787287090","url":"https:\/\/nextstylefashion.shop\/products\/around-the-block","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}