{"product_id":"names-9780393339673","title":"Names","description":"In \u003cem\u003eNames\u003c\/em\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\u003cbr\u003e from \"Ghazal: The Beloved\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLines that grapple doubt, written because of the beloved: \u003cbr\u003e when grief subsides, what survives the loss of the beloved?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Your every declaration is suspect.\u003cbr\u003e That was, at least, the departing gloss of the beloved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Were you merely a servant of the state\u003cbr\u003e or (now you give the coin a toss) of the beloved?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How pure you were, resistant in an orchard.\u003cbr\u003e Peace with justice: the cause of the beloved.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHacker, Marilyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Hacker\u003c\/strong\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.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764109082898,"sku":"9780393339673","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_34670aaf-50f7-4721-a238-844440ce5958.jpg?v=1764756029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/names-9780393339673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}