{"product_id":"years-months-and-days-second-edition-paperback","title":"Years, Months, and Days: Second Edition - 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\u003eLuke Hathaway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA transfiguration of Mennonite hymns into heartbreaking lyric poems, \u003cem\u003eYears, Months, and Days\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving meditation on the possibility of translation. Bridging secular spirituality and holy reverence with the commonalities of life, death, love, and hope, Luke Hathaway explores the connection between hymn and poem. The sparse and tender phrasing of \u003cem\u003eYears, Months, and Days\u003c\/em\u003e is an offering of words to music, made in the spirit of a shared love--for life, for a particular landscape and its rhythms--that animates poem and prayer alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuke Hathaway\u003c\/strong\u003e is an internationally-acclaimed poet, lyricist\/librettist, and theatre-maker. Of his 2022 book \u003cem\u003eThe Affirmations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e critic Graeme Richardson writes: \"Mainstream poetry counts as non-conformist compared with popular culture, but it nevertheless develops its own conformities . . . Luke Hathaway, a Canadian trans poet, offers . . . a point of difference. Influenced by John Donne and George Herbert, and above all by T.S. Eliot's \u003cem\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/em\u003e, Hathaway constructs small marvels of what one poem here calls 'loving jugglery' a feast of transformations.\" Hathaway is a co-creator of the immersive opera \u003cem\u003eEurydice Fragments\u003c\/em\u003e (re: naissance opera, 2024), the song-cycle\u003cem\u003e The Sign of Jonas\u003c\/em\u003e (Milltown Records, 2024), and many other performance works. He teaches English and creative writing at Saint Mary's University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 5.9 x 3.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582176477405,"sku":"9781771966696","price":18.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/xpAN9kbjf-9781771966696.webp?v=1773570033","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/years-months-and-days-second-edition-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}