{"product_id":"mostly-sweet-lovely-human-things-paperback","title":"Mostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things - 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\u003eMarie Marchand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLana Hechtman Ayers\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things\u003c\/em\u003e feels like a joyful, tender, eternal embrace. These poems are full of wonder and a desire for wholeness: recollections of girlhood, the poet now in a knowing season of life, no longer afraid of death. The poems feel wise and free. Marchand writes, \"[Poetry] divines understanding \/ of the fledgling self\/ and by showing us to ourselves, \/ saves us from our own extinctions.\" This is a marvelous book of delightful sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lee Herrick, California Poet Laureate and author of \u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Late Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things\u003c\/em\u003e offers poems that strive toward their reader, poems that \"make every line count as much as breathing.\" In a rich and familiar voice that sounds to your spirit like an old friend, these poems speak of comfort and encouragement, recognition, and wisdom. This generous and vulnerable collection is a sanctuary of warmth and connection in the lonely wilderness of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Rena Priest, Washington State Poet Laureate (2021-23) and author of \u003cem\u003ePatriarchy Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731087094067,"sku":"9798989948840","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UMVQGHZPd29798989948840.webp?v=1781990734","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mostly-sweet-lovely-human-things-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}