{"product_id":"marvelous-things-overheard-9780374534806","title":"Marvelous Things Overheard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant and eclectic collection from a stunningly mature young poet \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The world--the time has come to say it, though the news will not be welcome to everyone--has no intention of abandoning enchantment altogether.\" Roberto Calasso's words in \u003ci\u003eLiterature and the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e remind us that, in an age of reason, of mechanization, of alienation, of rote drudgery, we still seek out the transcendent, the marvelous. Ange Mlinko's luminous fourth collection is both a journey toward and the space of that very enchantment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarvelous Things Overheard \u003c\/i\u003etakes its title from a collection of ancient rumors about the lands of the Mediterranean. Mlinko, who lived at the American University of Beirut and traveled to Greece and Cyprus, has penned poems that seesaw between the life lived in those ancient and strife-torn places, and the life imagined through its literature: from \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eMu'allaqat\u003c\/i\u003e. Throughout, Mlinko grapples with the passage of time on two levels: her own aging (alongside the growing up of her children) and the incontrovertible evidence of millennia of human habitation. \u003cbr\u003e This is an assured and revealing collection, one that readers will want to seek refuge in again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Ange Mlinko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935382737077,"sku":"9780374534806","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6abc4247-5b2b-45ba-9b73-f8173322faf0.jpg?v=1688487943","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marvelous-things-overheard-9780374534806","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}