{"product_id":"our-andromeda-9781556594106","title":"Our Andromeda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonored as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"100 Notable Books of 2013\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonored by \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e as the \u003ci\u003eone\u003c\/i\u003e poetry title on their list of \"Best Books of the Year For Women, by Women\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A heady, infectious celebration.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy.\"--\u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy's heartrending third collection explores dark subjects--trauma, childbirth, loss of faith--and stark questions: What is the use of pain and grief? Is there another dimension in which our suffering might be transformed? Can we change ourselves? Yearning for new gods, new worlds, and new rules, she imagines a parallel existence in the galaxy of Andromeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRave reviews for \u003ci\u003eOur Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Love is the fierce engine of this beautiful and necessary book of poems. Love is the high stakes, the whip of its power and grief and possibility for repair. Brenda Shaughnessy has brought her full self to bear in \u003ci\u003eOur Andromeda, \u003c\/i\u003e and the result is a book that should be read now because it is a collection whose song will endure.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a monumental work, and makes a hash of those tired superlatives that will no doubt crop up in subsequent reviews. But the truth is that I have no single opinion about this collection--how could I? The book is a series of narratives that resist interpretation but not feeling--except that I am certain it further establishes Shaughnessy's particular genius, which is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope, encompassing ideas about astronomy, illness, bodies, the family, 'normalcy, ' home.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Another Brooklyn poet, Marianne Moore, defined poetry as 'imaginary gardens, with real toads in them.' In \u003ci\u003eOur Andromeda, \u003c\/i\u003e Shaughnessy has imagined a universe, and in it, real love moves, quick with life.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Brenda Shaughnessy...laments and sometimes makes narratives about the struggle to keep her small family together in the aftermath of a difficult birth. In the title poem, she posits a galaxy far, far away where familial love might overtake all woe and turmoil of the heart and body and mind. Once there, she says to her son, 'you'll have the babyhood you deserved.' She also delivers a number of lovely lyrics in a supple, plainly stated line; some merely expressive, some with a philosophically questioning air; on fate, dreams, the present time's long gaze back at the past -- you know, all the good things poets write about.\"-- Alan Cheuse, on NPR's list \"5 Books of Poems to Get You Through the Summer\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This book explores love and motherhood and the turbulent terrain of grief.\"--\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shaughnessy articulates, with force and clarity, the transformation that motherhood has required of her. Her poems are full of regret and ferocity.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brenda Shaughnessy explores the possibilities of a second chance in life and what could come of it. Enticing and thoughtful, \u003ci\u003eOur Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine addition to contemporary poetry shelves.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHuman Dark with Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), winner of the James Laughlin Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eInterior with Sudden Joy\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1999). Shaughnessy's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry, Harper's, The Nation, The Rumpus, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2012 pg. 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/08\/2012 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2013 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2013 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2013 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brenda Shaughnessy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659689816220,"sku":"9781556594106","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2d5d97e4-3efe-4f47-ada0-d8196701ff07.jpg?v=1603895280","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-andromeda-9781556594106","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}