{"product_id":"9781961897700","title":"Sugar","description":"About \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.”","brand":"Four Way Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47697355866353,"sku":"9781961897700","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781961897700_p0.jpg?v=1768835254","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781961897700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}