{"product_id":"each-knuckle-with-sugar-9781949065305","title":"Each Knuckle with Sugar","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Levine's \u003cem\u003eEach Knuckle with Sugar \u003c\/em\u003eis a soft yet powerful deep-dive into love and grief told through multiple fascinating perspectives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful collection looks at \u003cstrong\u003elonging \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003egrief\u003c\/strong\u003e with sensitivity and care. What does it mean for \u003cstrong\u003edesire\u003c\/strong\u003e to be born out of \u003cstrong\u003eloss\u003c\/strong\u003e? 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Simply put, \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Levine\u003c\/strong\u003e has written one of contemporary poetry's strongest collections of poems about the mixture of \u003cstrong\u003egrieving\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eloving\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection also features a \u003cstrong\u003ebespoke interview \u003c\/strong\u003ewith the writer at then end of the book, delving deeper into the \u003cstrong\u003ecraft\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003einfluences\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003elife \u003c\/strong\u003ebehind their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Driftwood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.38w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949065305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevine, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Levine is a Pushcart Prize nominee and author of two chapbooks, Take Me Home, a finalist for the New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition (Finishing Line Press, 2020) and Her Man (New Megaphone Press, 2014). Her work has appeared in Passages North, Best New Poets anthology, Green Mountains Review, and The Paris American among other publications. She earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, MAT from Smith College, and BA from UMASS Amherst Honors College. Levine is a 2023-2024 Teachers for Global Classrooms Fulbright fellow and teaches 7th Grade ELA and 12th Grade AP Literature at Williston Northampton School where she currently holds the Richard C. Gregory Endowed Chair. Each Knuckle with Sugar won the Driftwood Press Open Reading Contest and is her debut collection.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChen, Chen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - is the author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (2022), finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (2017), longlisted for the National Book Award. Both books are published by BOA Editions and by Bloodaxe Books in the UK. His latest chapbook is Explodingly Yours (Ghost City Press, 2023). His honors include the Thom Gunn Award, three Pushcart Prizes, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and United States Artists. His work appears in many publications, including Poem-a-Day and Ploughshares. His poems are also reprinted in many anthologies, including 100 Queer Poems, 100 Poems That Matter, three editions of The Best American Poetry, two editions of The Forward Book of Poetry, and The Norton Introduction to Literature (15th edition). Chen has taught at UMass Boston, the University of Southern Maine, Antioch University Los Angeles, and Brandeis University as the 2018-2022 Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence. Currently he teaches for the MFA program at New England College. He edits the online poetry journals, Underblong and the lickety split. He holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD from Texas Tech University. He lives in Rochester, NY with his partner and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Driftwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44087021797491,"sku":"9.78195E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7b084d36-32df-4c1a-b73b-fd79d52074fe.jpg?v=1763124073","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/each-knuckle-with-sugar-9781949065305","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}