{"product_id":"god-i-feel-modern-tonight-isbn-9780593318331","title":"God I Feel Modern Tonight","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems of heartbreak and sex, self-care and self-critique, urban adventures and love on the road from the millennial queen and comedy sensation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these short, captivating lyrics, Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots, and who has been posting poignant, unfiltered poems on social media since before Instagram was a thing, details her life on the prowl with her beaded bag; she ponders guys who call you \"dude\" after sex, true love during the pandemic, and English-major dreams. \"I wish I were smart instead of on my phone,\" Cat Cohen confides; \"heartbreak, \/ when it comes, and it will come \/ is always new.\" A Dorothy Parker for our time, a Starbucks philosophe with no primary-care doctor, she’s a welcome new breed of everywoman--a larger-than-life best friend, who will say all the outrageous things we think but never say out loud ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein L.A. we got naked and swam in the ocean\u003cbr\u003ewe ate cured meats and carrots\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; sat in the back of a red pickup truck\u003cbr\u003elike we were in a film where two old friends fight\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; wrestle their way into a hug\u003cbr\u003eheave-sobbing as the dust settles\u003cbr\u003eI want to be famous for being the first person\u003cbr\u003ewho never feels bad again“An unflinching collection that explores sex, ego, art, bodies, millennial ennui, and longing.” \u003cb\u003e—Arianna Rebolini, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cat’s poetry is the perfect manifestation of her singular persona. It’s outrageously funny, bold, unafraid, absurd, unadorned and somehow consistently profound. I belly-laughed involuntarily throughout, was repeatedly moved, and mostly marveled at her deliciously unique voice.” \u003cb\u003e—Ben Platt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This book is a party \u0026amp; at the party you meet somebody who is hilarious \u0026amp; charming (but also hot \u0026amp; smart!) \u0026amp; the reason you’re together is because you’re both a little sad in a modern way plus the outlet is there \u0026amp; your phones are both at 12 percent. After reading this I wrote seven million things I’ve always been meaning to but hadn’t yet because I felt I didn’t have permission \u0026amp; that is what these poems gave me: permission to be the freaky little bitch I’ve always been, searching endlessly for something more.” —\u003cb\u003eMelissa Lozada-Oliva, author of \u003ci\u003ePeluda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Does anyone chronicle and lampoon millennial ennui as hilariously, as vulnerably and as bitingly as Cat Cohen? NFW TBH. I’m a stan!” \u003cb\u003e—Alan Cumming, author of \u003ci\u003eNot My Father’s Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCatherine Cohen, a native of Houston, Texas, is a comedy sensation who has a residency at Joe's Pub and hosts a weekly show at Club Cumming in NYC; she also cohosts the popular podcast about dating, boys, and sex, \u003ci\u003eSeek Treatment.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Vogue,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice, \u003c\/i\u003eand was named Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019. Her many film and TV credits include a role in Michael Showalter's \u003ci\u003eThe Lovebirds \u003c\/i\u003eand Season 3 of \u003ci\u003eHigh Maintenance\u003c\/i\u003e on HBO. Follow her while you're young @catccohen on Instagram.\u003cb\u003epoem I wrote after I told you I was empathetic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI go to the CVS on 14th \u0026amp; 8th \u003cbr\u003e and you’ve asked me not to contact you anymore \u003cbr\u003e one time you were having a smoothie like it was 1998 \u003cbr\u003e and there was nothing I could do about it \u003cbr\u003e your jawline is so perfect that I cannot stop \u003cbr\u003e telling you to kill me even though you said please stop \u003cbr\u003e asking me to kill you \u003cbr\u003e a leaf just fell outside my window \u003cbr\u003e remember when I tripped on the dance floor \u003cbr\u003e and that guy who always talked about Ibiza \u003cbr\u003e called me a fat whore? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI should have said I’m a leaf \u003cbr\u003e I’m a leaf like I was in a play \u003cbr\u003e like I was in something bigger than my body \u003cbr\u003e I can’t tell if my therapist is cool or just has short bangs\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003epoem I wrote after I tried to write a tweet about sparkling water\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’ve got a disease where I haven’t watched\u003cbr\u003e an entire feature film since the aughts\u003cbr\u003e do you like how I said “aughts”?\u003cbr\u003e you don’t see that every day!\u003cbr\u003e I’ve never been to a sex party\u003cbr\u003e but one time I made fun of this girl\u003cbr\u003e for bringing deviled eggs to an event\u003cbr\u003e and then I ate six of them.\u003cbr\u003e humiliation, satisfaction,\u003cbr\u003e a long walk home in spring.\u003cbr\u003e I love sex and I love before it—\u003cbr\u003e the double vodka soda leg touch\u003cbr\u003e Is it possible to miss everything at once?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003epoem I wrote after I had the strangest urge to\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003econfide in dear friends beneath starlight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI just took a pregnancy test to feel alive\u003cbr\u003e and all I got was piss on my hands\u003cbr\u003e I don’t think I’d take my daughter\u003cbr\u003e to get her nails done\u003cbr\u003e if I were a mother\u003cbr\u003e she can do that with her friends\u003cbr\u003e if she wants\u003cbr\u003e I’d like to have kids at 35\u003cbr\u003e so I can start wearing graceful linen sacks\u003cbr\u003e and calling everyone “darling”\u003cbr\u003e I’d like to wear lipstick\u003cbr\u003e and lean on a built-in\u003cbr\u003e bookcase\u003cbr\u003e and tell you I like Helen Frankenthalther\u003cbr\u003e and did you know that’s her painting\u003cbr\u003e on the Renata Adler novel I told you to read\u003cbr\u003e the one I never finished\u003cbr\u003e because I needed to have sex\u003cbr\u003e with someone who lived on\u003cbr\u003e the Upper West Side\u003cbr\u003e can you grab some ice?\u003cbr\u003e I like ice in my wine","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301922590949,"sku":"NP9780593318331","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593318331.jpg?v=1767728242","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/god-i-feel-modern-tonight-isbn-9780593318331","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}