{"product_id":"so-much-synth-9781556594878","title":"So Much Synth","description":"\u003cp\u003eShaughnessy's particular genius . . . is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope.--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy's work is a good place to start for any passionate woman feeling daunted by poetry. --\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy.--\u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubversions of idiom and clich  punctuate Shaughnessy's fourth collection as she approaches middle age and revisits the memories, romances, and music of adolescence. \u003ci\u003eSo Much Synth \u003c\/i\u003eis a brave and ferocious collection composed of equal parts femininity, pain, pleasure, and synthesizer. While Shaughnessy tenderly winces at her youthful excesses, we humbly catch glimpses of our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Never Ever: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLate is a synonym for dead which is a euphemism\u003cbr\u003efor ever. Ever is a double-edged word, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eat once itself and its own opposite: always\u003cbr\u003eand always some other time. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the category of cleave, then. To cut and to cling to, \u003cbr\u003esomewhat mournfully...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of three books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eHuman Dark with Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the James Laughlin Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eOur Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e100 Notable Books of 2013. She is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brenda Shaughnessy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228335145141,"sku":"9781556594878","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_983256e5-da4d-4f28-a5e1-f9fb4e9e258f.jpg?v=1698724636","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/so-much-synth-9781556594878","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}