{"product_id":"to-see-yourself-as-you-vanish-wesleyan-poetry-series","title":"To See Yourself As You Vanish (Wesleyan Poetry Series)","description":"Fierce, frank, witty poetry about cancer diagnosis, treatment, remission, and end-of-life\n\nWritten in the last three years of her life, Andrea Werblin Reid's To See Yourself As You Vanish is a collection of unsparingly brave and insightful poems about her experience with ovarian cancer. Frank, fierce, and witty, her work does not hide behind cliches, platitudes, or tropes, but addresses the hopes, frustrations, fears, and longings that would be easy to leave unspoken. She offers friendship and understanding to those who share her experiences and powerful insights for caregivers and those who work in oncology, hospice, research, and psychology. Of these poems, Reid herself said: \"I have struggled with the implications of war metaphors and the perspectives they perpetuate since receiving my own cancer diagnosis. People living with cancer and other chronic illnesses are not taking up arms, they are living as long and as humanely as possible: not to win or lose, simply to live.\" The scenes in these poems are rich and spare, magical and sane, awful and special: \"one bird comes to the end of his branch looking like a clever moustache. \/one bird comes to the end of his song like an ordinary bird.\"\n\n[sample poem]\n\nTHE COLOR OF WAITING\n\nis hypnotic pink, under whose spell\nyou've been living for years\nlike a small fossilized creature.\nor magenta, a bruise\nthat evolves, so you must\ncontinue to adjust your secrets\nwaiting is rosy, a soft-spun\nmedical soundtrack of static\nfrizz, machine screech\nthen sharp as the serrated smiles\ndoctors have been honing for years.\nwaiting masquerades as the inflatable idea\nof hope, waterproofed for safety, maybe,\ndevoid of vision, punctured that easily\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0819502073\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GBV.0819502073.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Reid, Andrea Werblin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have some markings or highlighting. Used copies may not include access codes or Cd's. Slight bending may be present.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Good Books Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53874394497329,"sku":"GBV.0819502073.G","price":16.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/3730\/2065\/files\/0819502073-0.jpg?v=1776711374","url":"https:\/\/goodbookscompany.org\/products\/to-see-yourself-as-you-vanish-wesleyan-poetry-series","provider":"Good Books Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}