Overview
Featuring 23 contemporary Catholic poets, from Julia AlvarezĀ andĀ Carolyn ForchĆ© to Timothy MurphyĀ andĀ Franz Wright, this anthology is an essential collectionĀ that capturesĀ theĀ spectrum of the Catholic experience.Ā
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Editors Ryan WilsonĀ andĀ April Lindner have collected the work of Catholic poets born in 1950Ā andĀ afterward. Featuring diverse styles, aesthetics,Ā andĀ forms, this selection demonstrates āthe myriad ways the Church has left its mark on the imaginations of these notable contemporary poets.ā A treasury of vibrant beautyāthis collection explores the personal, practical,Ā andĀ political, of faith, nature, life,Ā andĀ lamentāa welcome gift to all lovers of poetryĀ andĀ language.Ā
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"Poems represent the worldĀ andĀ the people who inhabit it: they introduce us to plants, animals, human characters,Ā andĀ highly specific places. They show us striking images that may be familiar to us or entirely eldritch, tell us about experiences that might be akin to our own or quite different from our own. They delight us, seduce us, inspire us, instruct us, mock us, condemn us, console us,Ā andĀ mourn us. They challenge us, protest against us,Ā and, sometimes, they baffle us. They celebrate the glories of the created worldĀ andĀ its people,Ā andĀ they commemorate momentous occasions; they also curse the crueltyĀ andĀ the horror of the worldĀ andĀ its people,Ā andĀ they lament catastrophes. They imagine other peopleās livesĀ andĀ other worlds. They invoke deitiesĀ andĀ absences. They also speak intimately of heartfelt truths, describe local haunts,Ā andĀ address ordinary people directly. They meditate on living, on dying,Ā andĀ on the passage of time. They tell us stories, they tell us lies,Ā andĀ they tell us stories that reveal the truth through lying, to paraphrase the great painter Pablo Picasso. They enchant us with beautyĀ andĀ appall us with terror. Above all, poems remember. Each poem is, on a fundamental level, an act of remembrance, a kind of handprint pressed against the wall of Time."āfrom the Preface ofĀ Contemporary Catholic Poetry
This book title, Contemporary Catholic Poetry (An Anthology), ISBN: 9781640606463, by April Lindner, Ryan Wilson, published by Paraclete Press (September 10, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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