{"product_id":"sugar-9781961897700","title":"Sugar","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eSugar\u003c\/i\u003e, David Orr has said: \"Andrea Cohen's ninth collection is elegantly precise--but this isn't the precision of a meticulously arranged garden or tidy bookshelf. Rather, Cohen's nimble, exacting lines are like guide ropes strung up the sides of an icy mountain: Her precision manages risk, and the risk leads to startling vistas. An entire relationship dynamic unfolds in the five monosyllables of 'Proximity' 'She died \/ Of my wounds.' In 'Ghosting, ' the ambiguity of departure--the way in which lives and loves sometimes cease without concluding--is captured in all its shades of gray: 'Any ghost will \/ tell you-- \/\/ the last thing \/ we mean \/\/ to do \/ is leave you.' We sometimes think of poems as recreating experience, but Cohen's work reminds us that poetry, at its most patient and compassionate, is also a way of discerning. \u003ci\u003eSugar \u003c\/i\u003ebrings us a step closer to the sun; it helps us to orient ourselves, but more than that, it helps us to \u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Cohen's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the author of nine poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eSugar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrow Apartments\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNightshade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnfathoming\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFurs Not Mine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKentucky Derby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cartographer's Vacation\u003c\/i\u003e. Awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and several residencies at MacDowell. She directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Four Way Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160163217682,"sku":"9781961897700","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_704ea074-b846-4e94-bab2-ae93631ee675.jpg?v=1775038571","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sugar-9781961897700","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}