Coming October 2025!
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Words for Coffee, Sheldon's eighth collection of poems, explores the life of of Kansas City therapist and social worker Beverly Sheldon, the author's grandmother, as well as his time with her during his childhood, and finally her slow slippage into dementia, as she—a former psychologist with all the pride of that occupation’s learning—began forgetting names and places, routines and the subconscious drivers that underpin everyday action and coordination. These poems also serve as an examination of how the mind can change over time—slowly vaulting the gulf from incisive locus of an in-control self to something unrecognizable even to that very same self.
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"Words for Coffee is more than just an exploration of grief, but a lighthouse for anyone who has lost a loved one. Tyler Robert Sheldon is a brilliant describer of moments of care, connection, and loss. This poetry collection offers safe harbor."
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