{"product_id":"late-father-and-other-poems-9780692163290","title":"Late Father and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eParenthood and partnership dwell in Taylor Mali's poems in addition to a \"tender gloom\" that comes from having lost a father years before finally becoming one, a late father. Mali's signature playful eloquence and poignant observations are still at work here, but in these poems, Mali tells us, \"all the smallest parts of me . . . can let down their tiny burdens all at once\" (\"My Sister Asks if She Can See More Grey\"), and a wiser, more magnanimous voice emerges, a father's voice, gently offering up a new invocation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e O, lightning, if you're listening, disregard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy former invocations. And rain, please bless\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy simple little poems; they're plenty hard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto write, and the world needs them no less.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet my family if not my other works outlive me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd to those who have survived the storm, forgive me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e (\u003cem\u003efrom \u003c\/em\u003e\"Sonnet on My Former Invocations\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Mali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692163290","brand":"Quercus Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40822450126963,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8dff6eda-3e5d-4d56-a936-5544ecd2ac24.jpg?v=1683725207","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/late-father-and-other-poems-9780692163290","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}