{"product_id":"sycamore-poems-paperback","title":"Sycamore: 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\u003eKathy Fagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE KINGSLEY TUFTS AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeditative and richly written, this collection of poems by Kathy Fagan takes the sycamore as its inspiration--and delivers precise, luminous insights on lost love, nature, and the process of recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is the season of separation \u0026amp; falling \/ Away,\" Fagan writes. And so--like the abundance of summer diminishing to winter, and like the bark of the sycamore, which sheds to allow the tree's expansion--the speaker of these poems documents a painful loss and tenuous rebirth, which take shape against a forested landscape. Black walnuts fall where no one can eat or smell them. Cottonwood sends out feverish signals of pollen. And everywhere are sycamores, informed by Fagan's scientific and mythological research--shedding, growing tall, pale, and hollow enough to accommodate a person. Fluidly metaphorical; filled with references to film, sculpture, and architecture; and linguistically playful--\"Word games reveal a lot,\" says Fagan's speaker--these poems unflinchingly lay bare both the poetic process and an emotional one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpellbinding and ambitious--finding catharsis in wordplay and the humanity in nature--\u003cem\u003eSycamore\u003c\/em\u003e is an important new work from a writer whose poems \"gleam like pearls or slowly burning stones\" (Philip Levine). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathy Fagan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous collections, including the National Poetry Series selection \u003ci\u003eThe Raft\u003c\/i\u003e and the Vassar Miller Prize winner \u003ci\u003eMoving \u0026amp; St Rage\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eField\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other literary magazines. She teaches at Ohio State University, where she is also the poetry editor of OSU Press, and advisor to \u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\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 7.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351101194489,"sku":"9781571314734","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MmdNQUt0dGhLazd2L1o0V1JMZ0VTdz09.webp?v=1769795159","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sycamore-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}