Love Found: 50 Classic Poems of Desire, Longing, and Devotion

Hardback

Main Details

Title Love Found: 50 Classic Poems of Desire, Longing, and Devotion
Authors and Contributors      Illustrated by Jennifer Orkin Lewis
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 182,Width 133
Category/GenrePoetry anthologies
ISBN/Barcode 9781452155999
ClassificationsDewey:808.8193543
Audience
General
Illustrations 20 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Chronicle Books
Imprint Chronicle Books
Publication Date 12 September 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

Fifty classic love poems are gathered in this elegant anthology, capturing the full spectrum of romantic love - desire, longing, passion, and partnership. Jennifer Orkin Lewis's dreamy illustrations accompany works from beloved poets such as Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, and many more. This bijou keepsake is the ultimate gift of love.

Author Biography

Jessica Strand is a cultural programmer, writer, and interviewer. She developed a series of cultural dialogues between writers, artists, cartoonists, filmmakers, and other artists at the Strand Bookstore. She is also the author of twelve books.Leslie Jonath is a book packager specializing in illustrated books on food, art, and design. She is the author of over twenty books including The Little Pleasures of Paris and Give Yourself a Gold Star. Jennifer Orkin Lewis is an artist and illustrator based outside of New York City. She is known for the looseness and intuitiveness of her style, which draws fans from around the world. She is the author of a creativity workbook entitled Draw Every Day, Draw Every Way.

Reviews

"A sweet keepsake for someone you care about." --Real Simple "To curate a corpus of poems that stretch across love's vast spectrum of joy and suffering with resonance that edges on the universal is a Herculean task, but that is what editors Jessica Strand and Leslie Jonath have accomplished in Love Found: 50 Classic Poems of Desire, Longing, and Devotion--a collection plumbing the depths of the commonest human experience in the most uncommon and arresting of verses, alongside vibrant illustrations by artist Jennifer Orkin Lewis." --Brain Pickings