In the shimmering twilight of Carolyn Forché's "In the Lateness of the World," readers embark upon a profound journey across the shadowed landscapes of human experience. With each turn of the page, we traverse the delicate bridges Forché constructs between the tangible and the ethereal, the past and the present, life and its inevitable counterpart, death. This collection, Forché's first in seventeen years, unfolds like a map to the soul's most whispered questions, charting a course through the aftermath of history's tumult and the quiet spaces between our collective breaths. Through her masterful verse, Forché beckons us to stand at the edge of the world, where the light of human resilience flickers against the backdrop of an encroaching dusk. Here, in these pages, is a world poised on the brink of visibility, where every lost moment and forgotten place is illuminated under the poet's gaze. Forché's language, both haunting and luminous, acts as a beacon guiding us through the fog of oblivion, urging us to witness the spectral beauty of our shared human journey. "In the Lateness of the World" is not merely a collection of poems but a revelatory pilgrimage across the terrains of memory, loss, and hope. With each poem serving as a waypoint, Forché crafts an indelible narrative of the heart's resilience in the face of the unknown. This book emerges as a vital testament to the power of poetry to connect us across the latitudes of our lives, reminding us that, even in the late hours of the world, we are not alone.