{"product_id":"cold-is-cold-is-cold-by-brian-baumgart","title":"Cold Is Cold Is Cold, by Brian Baumgart","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 20 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe poems in Brian Baumgart’s \u003cem\u003eCold Is Cold Is Cold\u003c\/em\u003e take aim at the fraught relationship between the desire for connection and the insecurity that comes with a world on edge, often bridging the interior with the weight of the sociopolitical. At once anxious and hopeful, these poems ask questions of themselves as much as they provide answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWhile the poems are disparate in structure and approach, taking a look from many angles, they come together to create a conversation, one in which no voice is given more volume than the others. As with any good conversation, \u003cem\u003eCold Is Cold Is Cold\u003c\/em\u003e arrives at its conclusion by exposing secrets and letting the ghosts that inhabit the poems haunt beyond the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eBrian Baumgart is the author of the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eRules for Loving Right\u003c\/em\u003e (Sweet, 2017), and his writing has appeared in a number of journals, including \u003cem\u003eSouth Dakota Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpillway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhale Road Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net awards. Brian is an English professor and previously served as the Director of Creative Writing at North Hennepin Community College. He is the father of two teenagers, both of whom are absolutely ridiculous and terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543288135858,"sku":"COLDBB","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543288168626,"sku":"COLDBBe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/coldfront.png?v=1780355048","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cold-is-cold-is-cold-by-brian-baumgart","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}