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art by Bianca Stone  \n\"Wedding Cake,\"pen,ink,watercolor,gouachewww.poetrycomics.org  \nAuthor photo by Peter Dresselwww.peterdressel.com  \nISBN:978-1-931307-34-5  \n# First edition\n\nThe Rattle Foundation12411 Ventura BlvdStudio City,CA 91604www.rattle.com  \nCONTENTS  \nGrief Moves7Making Ravioli8Six Stories10Twelfth Anniversary11Depression,Too,Is a Kind of Fire12The Second Pass13Things We Both Know That I Still Have to Tell You14The Small Room Just Off the Evidence Cage15The New Ash on the Roof of Our Building16Elegy for the Lighter Sleeper17Do Not Think of Suicide as the Ultimate Fuck You18Meeting at Monet's Water Lilies19Absolution20Nightly Prayer to the Same Old Ghosts21The Entire Act of Sorrow22How It Happened24News of My Divorce Reminds Me of Your Death25Every Time26Sestina27  \nAcknowledgments  \nFROM THE EDITORS  \nWe've long admired Taylor Mali's vibrant and inspiring poetry but wereleft stunned by the retelling of this tragic chapter from his life.Here,Mali's familiar gifts for honesty and precision,so finely honed,have beenturned inward,as he interrogates the limits of love,grief,guilt,andforgiveness.Brief as it is,this little book.forges an epic journey ofemotional wisdom and healing,which moved us all deeply.It speaks atruth that needed to be written,needs to be read,and stands as a testa-ment to the human need for poetry itself.We're honored to present TheWhetting Stone as winner of the 2017 Rattle Chapbook Prize.  \nTHE  \nWHETTIN GSTONE  \nWhetting stones,also called whetstones,or water stones,are used to grind,sharpen,or hone the edges of metal knives and tools.","cbCailaPBnnds9Df","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailaPBnnds9Df","pdf",1680332,"English","# Contents\n## Selected Poems\n## Acknowledgments\n## From the Editors","[{\"question\":\"What is the central theme of The Whetting Stone?\",\"answer\":\"The collection primarily explores themes of love, grief, guilt, and the complex process of emotional forgiveness following a tragic period in the 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