{"product_id":"9781935708940","title":"The Collected Poems of Cathy Smith Bowers","description":"Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers is celebrated with this impressive volume of her collected poems. Four complete collections: The Love That Ended Yesterday in Texas; Traveling in Time of Danger; A Book of Minutes; The Candle I Hold Up to See You, with an introduction by another former North Carolina Poet Laureate, Fred Chappell, who says, \"Hardship, cruelty, heartbreak, bleak sorrow-these sad themes are plentiful in the pages of Cathy Smith Bowers. But in its smoldering heart, her poetry holds, like the piñata in 'The Party,' a 'sweet, dark center.'\"","brand":"Press 53","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064583667952,"sku":"9781935708940","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935708940_p0.jpg?v=1763657328","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935708940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}