{"product_id":"things-that-no-longer-delight-leslie-c-chang-9780823232000","title":"Things That No Longer Delight Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eThings That No Longer Delight Me is a collection of poems about family and memory. This book is filled with objects. The author writes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI like objects for company, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eto decorate the plainest spaces, decorum\u003cbr\u003eand\u003cbr\u003eI amass details, \u003cbr\u003e jade bracelet, her animal-print\u003cbr\u003edresses, an oval coral cameo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do objects counter loneliness, she asks, and speak to us of how to behave? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Things That No Longer Delight Me, lyric is driven by a compulsion or need to collect, in order to make sense of the past and stay connected to it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd what if that connection were to be lost? Confronting loss, the book pieces together a family history from stories fragmented and overheard. It asks: What is hearsay and what is history? It seeks to embody story, or historical detail, in lyric form. Resisting nostalgia, its poems respect what is diminished by grief or loss yet reveal details that hold sway over us and give us continuing pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie C. Chang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082323200X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823232000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.86w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2010 pg. 46","brand":"Leslie C. Chang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829320544511,"sku":"9780823232000","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b2156a5-0df5-4f35-b7bd-aa646afdeb17.jpg?v=1708450460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/things-that-no-longer-delight-leslie-c-chang-9780823232000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}