Sugar
About this book
About Sugar, David Orr has said: "Andrea Cohen's ninth collection is elegantly preciseābut 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 departureāthe way in which lives and loves sometimes cease without concludingāis captured in all its shades of gray: 'Any ghost will / tell youā // 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. Sugar brings us a step closer to the sun; it helps us to orient ourselves, but more than that, it helps us to see."
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- MatinƩe
- I
- II
- III
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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