{"product_id":"thin-glass-poems-9781594981791","title":"Thin Glass: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThin Glass\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds in the after-hours of a city: neon signs blinking, windows open to the street, sidewalks slick with rain. In this lyric coming-of-age, Degenaars writes with clarity and vulnerability about those caught between responsibility and abandon, love and self-erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems follow a speaker in flux-lover, daughter, would-be mother-as she questions what it means to survive, and even celebrate, the in-between. \"Despite all I've tried, I am myself. Still,\" the speaker confesses, reckoning with a self she can't quite shake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDegenaars searches for meaning in the small details-hailing a cab, folding laundry, changing in a window. This is a collection about how ordinary life can break us open, an unforgettable meditation on what can't be left behind. These poems are emotionally exact and quietly defiant; they explore how longing threatens and shapes us. \"Who'd hide from this,\" the speaker asks, \"the almost tender-who'd dare?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernwood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594981791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.17d","brand":"Christine Degenaars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948833603765,"sku":"9781594981791","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4de3a49e-0ccb-4cc4-95b3-2e247590ea76.jpg?v=1762273176","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/thin-glass-poems-9781594981791","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}