{"product_id":"the-cosmopolitan-9781566892216","title":"The Cosmopolitan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Poetry Series winner, chosen by John Yau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems spin tales of traveling in a world both romantic and politicized, a world miniaturized by globalization and haunted by the figure of the cosmopolitan, who is aware of its saturated history, yet inspired by the knowledge that nostalgia is merely \"memory decayed to sugar.\" In the kingdom of Donna Stonecipher's imagination, \"a story is always forming to adorn reality,\" and the fall of the Eastern bloc is reenacted the night \"the girl with the DDR bag met the boy with the CCCP T-shirt.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Stonecipher \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reservoir \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSouvenir de Constantinople\u003c\/i\u003e. She grew up in Seattle and Tehran and makes her home both here and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna Stonecipher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 7.80w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566892216","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713561399433,"sku":"9781566892216","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7594dca8-0e51-463a-9908-944ac132aeb4.jpg?v=1719615418","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-cosmopolitan-9781566892216","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}