Sinners Welcome Poems

Zusatztext “These poems…demonstrate poetry as religion’s kin. While not for the unquestioning devout! this book should stand beside works by writers like Thomas Merton or William Everson (a.k.a. Brother Antonitus) in both poetry and spiritual collections.” Informationen zum Autor Mary Karr is the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs: The Liars’ Club , Cherry , and Lit , as well as The Art of Memoir , also a New York Times bestseller. She received Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships for poetry and is the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University. Klappentext Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion story. Karr's battle is grounded in common loss (a bitter romance, friends' deaths, a teenage son's leaving home) as well as in elegies for a complicated mother. The poems disarm with the arresting humor familiar to readers of her memoirs, The Liars' Club and Cherry . An illuminating cycle of spiritual poems have roots in Karr's eight-month tutelage in Jesuit prayer practice, and as an afterword, her celebrated essay on faith weaves the tale of how the language of poetry, which relieved her suffering so young, eventually became the language of prayer. Those of us who fret that poetry denies consolation will find clear-eyed joy in this collection. Zusammenfassung Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner! and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity! Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion story. Karr's battle is grounded in common loss (a bitter romance! friends' deaths! a teenage son's leaving home) as well as in elegies for a complicated mother. The poems disarm with the arresting humor familiar to readers of her memoirs! The Liars' Club and Cherry . An illuminating cycle of spiritual poems have roots in Karr's eight-month tutelage in Jesuit prayer practice! and as an afterword! her celebrated essay on faith weaves the tale of how the language of poetry! which relieved her suffering so young! eventually became the language of prayer. Those of us who fret that poetry denies consolation will find clear-eyed joy in this collection. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Karr
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 28.02.2006
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9780060776541
• ISBN: 978-0-06-077654-1
• Numero di pagine: 112
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14 x 21 x 1.4 cm
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