{"product_id":"nocturama-poems-paperback","title":"Nocturama: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Brewer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling second collection from \"an immensely gifted poet\" (Eduardo C. Corral, author of \u003ci\u003eGuillotine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning Appalachia to California, Will Brewer's new poems attempt to make sense of some of life's darkest turns: a father's bout with leukemia, the slog of mental illness, a friend's early death, and the rise of environmental catastrophes in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet despite these difficult moments, strands of light emerge: the smell of an orange on a plane, the starburst of a car hitting a power line, a citrus tree in California sun. Mysterious hair loss prompts dermatologist visits and reveals \"how dignified it felt \/ to be looked at like that, to be read, \/ a record of past exposures \/ becoming a map to possible futures.\" It is the type of knowing in which \"knowing nothing for sure feels like a special kind of freedom.\" Over time, a seemingly endless night gives way and an aubade opens to a new possibility: love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second book of poems from this rising and lauded author, \u003ci\u003eNocturama\u003c\/i\u003e offers a presence of mind and spirit that notices the mysterious, even in the wake of disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Brewer\u003c\/b\u003e's first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eI Know Your Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, was a winner of the National Poetry Series. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Knopf in 2022 and received the Silver Medal for First Fiction from the California Book Awards. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sewanee Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly a Stegner Fellow, he's now a Jones Lecturer at Stanford. He lives in Oakland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47500374442233,"sku":"9781571315793","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bFWsEDqhyp9781571315793.webp?v=1773260342","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nocturama-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}