{"product_id":"nocturama-poems-9781571315793","title":"Nocturama: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling second collection from \"an immensely gifted poet\" (Eduardo C. Corral, author of \u003ci\u003eGuillotine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning Appalachia to California, Will Brewer's new poems attempt to make sense of some of life's darkest turns: a father's bout with leukemia, the slog of mental illness, a friend's early death, and the rise of environmental catastrophes in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet despite these difficult moments, strands of light emerge: the smell of an orange on a plane, the starburst of a car hitting a power line, a citrus tree in California sun. Mysterious hair loss prompts dermatologist visits and reveals \"how dignified it felt \/ to be looked at like that, to be read, \/ a record of past exposures \/ becoming a map to possible futures.\" It is the type of knowing in which \"knowing nothing for sure feels like a special kind of freedom.\" Over time, a seemingly endless night gives way and an aubade opens to a new possibility: love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second book of poems from this rising and lauded author, \u003ci\u003eNocturama\u003c\/i\u003e offers a presence of mind and spirit that notices the mysterious, even in the wake of disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Brewer\u003c\/b\u003e's first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eI Know Your Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, was a winner of the National Poetry Series. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Knopf in 2022 and received the Silver Medal for First Fiction from the California Book Awards. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sewanee Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly a Stegner Fellow, he's now a Jones Lecturer at Stanford. He lives in Oakland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038952354066,"sku":"9781571315793","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b044c69a-3c19-4bf0-b846-3cc01cc6a945.jpg?v=1771343014","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nocturama-poems-9781571315793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}