{"product_id":"cohen-andrea-sugarpb","title":"Cohen, Andrea: Sugar","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour Way Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 15, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eAbout \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings us a step closer to the sun; it helps us to orient ourselves, but more than that, it helps us to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44839977746455,"sku":"9781961897700","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61IfOuddrWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774558140","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/cohen-andrea-sugarpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}