Three Names For Longing

Three Names for Longing is a lyrical collection of prose and poetry that explores love, memory, desire, grief, and the quiet ache of what cannot be held. Divided into three emotional landscapes, Sehnsucht, Yugen, and Hiraeth, the book draws on three untranslatable words for longing from German, Japanese, and Welsh. Each section opens a different chamber of feeling: the yearning for something just beyond reach, the mystery of beauty and depth that overwhelms language, and the homesickness fo...