Other Psalms

Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2014.

In his debut collection, Jordan Windholz recasts devotional poetics and traces the line between faith and its loss. Other Psalms gives voice to the skeptic who yet sings to the silence that "swells with the noise of listening." If faith is necessary, this collection suggests, it is necessary as material for its own unmaking.

From "(psalm)"

part self, part song
the psalm drags sense from absence
the eclogue anticipates response
verdant and vined, its verges
overtake the tongue. . .

About the author

JORDAN WINDHOLZ was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with his family. Having received an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, he is currently a PhD candidate in English literature at Fordham University. His work was published in Best New Poets of 2007, Boston Review, and other journals.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan Windholz
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9781574416008
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-600-8
• No. of pages: 73
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry; Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama