{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88","brand":"Will Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52136443838645,"sku":"9781571315793","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6d2ae3f1-79dd-4969-8413-e3b4e73e28f4.jpg?v=1767114590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nocturama-poems-9781571315793","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}