{"product_id":"late-in-the-day-ursula-k-le-guin-9781629631226","title":"Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLate in the Day\u003c\/em\u003e, Ursula K. Le Guin's newest collection of poems, seeks meaning in an ever-connected world. In part evocative of Neruda's \u003cem\u003eOdes to Common Things\u003c\/em\u003e and Mary Oliver's poetic guides to the natural world, Le Guin gives voice to objects that may not speak a human language but communicate with us nevertheless through and about the seasonal rhythms of the earth, the minute and the vast, the ordinary and the mythological.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Le Guin herself states, \"science explicates, poetry implicates.\" Accordingly, this immersive, tender collection implicates us (in the best sense) in a subjectivity of everyday objects and occurrences. Deceptively simple in form, the poems stand as an invitation both to dive deep and to step outside of ourselves and our common narratives. As readers, we emerge refreshed, having peered underneath cultural constructs toward the necessarily mystical and elemental, no matter how late in the day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems are bookended with two short essays, \"Deep in Admiration\" and \"Form, Free Verse, Free Form: Some Thoughts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2014, the National Book Foundation awarded Le Guin the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a lifetime achievement award. Her celebrated acceptance speech, which criticized Amazon as a \"profiteer\" and praised her fellow authors of fantasy and science fiction, is included in \u003cem\u003eLate in the Day\u003c\/em\u003e as a postscript. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ursula K. Le Guin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629631221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629631226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Ursula K. Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045777764607,"sku":"9781629631226","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e8e1139-976a-4944-a69b-25ad1b758bbf.jpg?v=1684980699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/late-in-the-day-ursula-k-le-guin-9781629631226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}