{"product_id":"the-invention-of-the-darling-poems-paperback","title":"The Invention of the Darling: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLi-Young Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poet of rapture and tenderness\" (Major Jackson, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poets\u003c\/em\u003e), Li-Young Lee speaks these poems with the intimacy and primacy of a whisper, as if from a lover to a beloved, or a believer to God. Each poem in \u003cem\u003eThe Invention of the Darling\u003c\/em\u003e is a mysterious conjunction of spirit and matter, movement and stillness, the divine and the mundane, the sacred and the forbidden. They yearn for holistic union with The Beloved, every sentence another name for The Beloved, every poem another way to say \"I love you.\" Forged in awe of life and love, these poems emerge from the unlit depths of our earthly, material desires and our deepest fears of mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Li-Young Lee and \u003cem\u003eInvention of the Darling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Potent and mysterious.... [Li-Young Lee] pivots confidently among registers, speakers, and languages.... Countless gorgeous details provide, in poem after poem, distinct delights.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? Dan Chiasson, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few poets write like Li-Young Lee these days, facing the biggest and broadest questions head-on.... Fewer still ask these questions so well, and so movingly.... [U]tterly true poetry.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Craig Morgan Teicher, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poems emerge with their simplicity and complexity intact. In a word, they are heartfelt, without condescension. It's the triumph of sincerity over authenticity.... Lee's elegance transports us into the aspirations of yearning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? David Biespiel, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Li-Young Lee's work] ground[s] the mysteries of existence in the plain imagery of the everyday.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? Deborah Shapiro, \u003cem\u003eChicago Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Erotic.... Throughout this multilayered book, [Lee] challenges readers to think and to feel more deeply.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? Elizabeth Lund, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A heart-rending collection of poems that tackle love and violence with equal curiosity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Delight[s] in revelations that are holy and intimate.... [Li-Young Lee's] wisdom situates itself in a fresh way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? Derek JG Williams, \u003cem\u003eRumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Lee] presents breath-catching metaphysical equations in incantatory cadences that swing between earth and sky, flesh and holiness.... [An] exquisite, enthralling, and ringing call to wind, trees, sea, the beloved, and love, both human and sacred.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Immediate, sensual, unrelentingly intense.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e? NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64125458579805,"sku":"9781324123477","price":26.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/plDhQf8myS9781324123477.webp?v=1775667027","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/the-invention-of-the-darling-poems-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}