{"product_id":"thin-glass-poems-9781594981791","title":"Thin Glass: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThin Glass\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds in the after-hours of a city: neon signs blinking, windows open to the street, sidewalks slick with rain. In this lyric coming-of-age, Degenaars writes with clarity and vulnerability about those caught between responsibility and abandon, love and self-erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems follow a speaker in flux-lover, daughter, would-be mother-as she questions what it means to survive, and even celebrate, the in-between. \"Despite all I've tried, I am myself. Still,\" the speaker confesses, reckoning with a self she can't quite shake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDegenaars searches for meaning in the small details-hailing a cab, folding laundry, changing in a window. This is a collection about how ordinary life can break us open, an unforgettable meditation on what can't be left behind. These poems are emotionally exact and quietly defiant; they explore how longing threatens and shapes us. \"Who'd hide from this,\" the speaker asks, \"the almost tender-who'd dare?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDegenaars, Christine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christine Degenaars has work published in Cider Press Review, Epiphany, Rattle, Tar River Poetry, and elsewhere. She was nominated for the 2023 Pushcart Prize and in 2022 was selected as a semi-finalist in the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest. She graduated from Hunter College with a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry. Thin Glass is her debut collection. She lives in New York.","brand":"Fernwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705373032722,"sku":"9781594981791","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_986a591f-1eed-496a-aaeb-e32a0838a090.jpg?v=1762346335","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thin-glass-poems-9781594981791","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}