{"product_id":"strange-vigil-paperback","title":"Strange Vigil - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Frey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from Whitman's vigil, kept through the night in a field beside a dying soldier, Scott Frey's \u003ci\u003eStrange Vigil\u003c\/i\u003e spans the three years of his daughter's life, shortened by a brain injury received during her birth and complicated by intensive medical needs. With short prose pieces, lyric essays, and praise poems for G-tubes, nurses, and coworkers, this chapbook invites readers into a wakeful circle of suffering and small heroic gestures of care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Frey is a poet and educator who grew up in Western Pennsylvania and teaches English at Pine Meadow Academy in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. He and his wife, Meryl, run a non-profit charity, The Charlotte Frey Foundation, whose mission is to help children with multiple handicaps and life-threatening illnesses and their families improve their quality of life. His book, \u003ci\u003eHeavy Metal Nursing\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Tampa Review Prize for poetry. Among other places, his work has been published or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003ePassages North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003edecember magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Adroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBellevue Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was awarded the Perkoff Prize for poetry. He and his family live in Granby, Connecticut. Visit him online at scottfrey.org\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44419561390182,"sku":"9781625571656","price":17.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SldyVBYw-9781625571656.webp?v=1770119463","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/strange-vigil-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}