{"product_id":"names-paperback-by-marilyn-hacker","title":"Names Paperback by Marilyn Hacker","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-05-03)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393339673\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e149.69\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Hacker] powerfully brings her formal mastery and her political sensibility together.”—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Poet\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNames\u003c\/i\u003e, Marilyn Hacker juxtaposes glimpses of contemporary lives with dialogues undertaken in signal poetic voices. Using her signature wit, passion, and mastery of received and invented forms, she convinces us to believe in a world made possible by language—prescient, playful, polyglot, and often breathtaking.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nfrom “Ghazal: The Beloved”:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLines that grapple doubt, written because of the beloved:\u003cbr\u003e\nwhen grief subsides, what survives the loss of the beloved?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYour every declaration is suspect.\u003cbr\u003e\nThat was, at least, the departing gloss of the beloved.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWere you merely a servant of the state\u003cbr\u003e\nor (now you give the coin a toss) of the beloved?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHow pure you were, resistant in an orchard.\u003cbr\u003e\nPeace with justice: the cause of the beloved.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Hacker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nineteen volumes of poems. Her honors include the National Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, the Robert Fagles Translation Prize, and the PEN\/Voelcker Award for Poetry. She lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553132368033,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393339673","price":17.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393339673.jpg?v=1781727620","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/names-paperback-by-marilyn-hacker","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}