The grace of distance : poems /
"A boy places a bell in the hollow of a tree, so someone might find it. An overworked baker wishes for an annunciation of her own. A man calls down into a well until another voice calls back. In this lonely, modern world, how do we close the distances between doubt and faith, between cultures,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Barataria poetry.
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| Summary: | "A boy places a bell in the hollow of a tree, so someone might find it. An overworked baker wishes for an annunciation of her own. A man calls down into a well until another voice calls back. In this lonely, modern world, how do we close the distances between doubt and faith, between cultures, between ourselves and those we love? In his poignant, far-traveling new collection of poems, Matthew Thorburn seeks to name--and find--that elusive, essential sense of connection"-- |
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| Item Description: | "LSU Press Paperback Original." |
| Physical Description: | x, 70 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780807170762 0807170763 |