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The lives of the saints take place all around us, under us, so much of the earth they seethe in it. This book brings the author's voice to the meditative tradition. It presents poems that trace the spiritual inquiries of a series of linked personae adrift in bodies and a world made toxic by the residues of scientific experimentation.
List of contents
Prologue
The Lives of the Saints
The First Letter of St. Paul to the Clones
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
The Second Letter of St. Paul on the Human Genome Project
Patient 6
The First Letter of St. Paul to the Columbines
Caterinati
The Third Letter of St. Paul at the Playground
The Lives of the Saints II; Rosette
The First Letter of St. Paul in the Homogocene
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the author
Suzanne Paola is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow-ship for 2002-2003. She is the author of three award-winning books of poetry, including, most recently,
Bardo. Her prose memoir,
Body Toxic, is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2001. She lives with her husband and their young son in Bellingham, Washington.
Summary
The lives of the saints take place all around us, under us, so much of the earth they seethe in it. This book brings the author's voice to the meditative tradition. It presents poems that trace the spiritual inquiries of a series of linked personae adrift in bodies and a world made toxic by the residues of scientific experimentation.
