{"product_id":"once-9780393343946","title":"Once","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese poems are shadowed by illness, both civic and personal, and by the mysterious currents of grief. What emerges over the course of the volume is a meditation not only on a daughter's relationship with her mother but also on a citizen's to her nation. Throughout, Once examines the forces that shape war, divorce, and death, exploring personal culpability and charting uncertain new beginnings as the speakers seek to build homes in a shattered land and find whole selves amid broken, thwarted relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom \"Frontier\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e. . . At times, \u003cbr\u003e I felt sick, intoxicated\u003cbr\u003e by BPA and mercury.\u003cbr\u003e At other times I fasted and the stars\u003cbr\u003e stumbled clear from the vault.\u003cbr\u003e Up there, the universe stands around drunk.\u003cbr\u003e I hope the Lord is kind to us, \u003cbr\u003e for we engrave our every mistake . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Rourke, Meghan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMeghan O'Rourke\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the collections \u003cem\u003eSun in Days\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHalflife\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOnce\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e. A former editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, she has served as culture editor and literary critic for \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, poetry editor for the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and is currently the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poems and essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Radcliffe Fellowship, and other awards, she lives in Brooklyn.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51805775823122,"sku":"9780393343946","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e00310fa-f56e-44ce-951c-a2840540c677.jpg?v=1765973450","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-9780393343946","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}