{"product_id":"sugar-9781961897700","title":"Sugar","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout \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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Way Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961897700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Andrea Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259671670965,"sku":"9781961897700","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_37a9899b-ea24-47b8-96e1-025c7e9f5453.jpg?v=1771342751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sugar-9781961897700","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}