Gospel Night
Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Mind & Body
| Author: | Michael Waters | ISBN: | 9781934414668 |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions Ltd. | Publication: | August 23, 2011 |
| Imprint: | BOA Editions Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Waters |
| ISBN: | 9781934414668 |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Publication: | August 23, 2011 |
| Imprint: | BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
"Waters's elegant language suggests that there is grace to be found in facing and speaking of our sorrows. . . . His use of humor creates a tension between the profane and the sublime."—Arts & Letters
Among the survivors of the Donner
Party—idiom's black sense of humor—
Who developed a secret taste for flesh
Flaked between the fluted bones of the wrist?
In his tenth poetry collection, Michael Waters tackles the dual (and dueling) natures of our humanity: sin and transgression, isolation and atrocity, love and darkness, and the desire for a language that can illuminate such ordinary yet disturbing spaces.
"Waters's elegant language suggests that there is grace to be found in facing and speaking of our sorrows. . . . His use of humor creates a tension between the profane and the sublime."—Arts & Letters
Among the survivors of the Donner
Party—idiom's black sense of humor—
Who developed a secret taste for flesh
Flaked between the fluted bones of the wrist?
In his tenth poetry collection, Michael Waters tackles the dual (and dueling) natures of our humanity: sin and transgression, isolation and atrocity, love and darkness, and the desire for a language that can illuminate such ordinary yet disturbing spaces.
