{"id":20,"date":"2023-03-31T03:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/WestBowPress\/849133\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-03-31T03:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T03:55:06","slug":"the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/WestBowPress\/849133\/the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-78\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/WestBowPress\/849133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3DBook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/WestBowPress\/849133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3DBook.png 1000w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/WestBowPress\/849133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3DBook-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem.net\/WestBowPress\/849133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3DBook-768x735.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>The Climb<\/strong> is a book of poetry that encompasses a wide range of experiences, moods, settings, and philosophies, all of which are based on biblical principles. Textured with the sights and sounds of modern schools, to church in the South, through the sunflower-ridden fields of Kansas, all the way to deserts and dark waters, these stunning poems tackle racism, depression, loss, and folly, but also love, hope, spirituality, wisdom, and potential.<\/p>\n<p>Through an aesthetic given to montage using an assortment of styles, these poems address the uneasy questions about relationships, love, death, forgiveness, riots, entitlement, and God\u2019s unfailing love in spite of us. Hightower assesses America\u2019s predominant fascinations with wealth, fame, pleasure, and acceptance. What is the meaning of life? How important is being accepted? Who are we beneath the surface of our flesh? 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