Author

Publication

1998 - Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minn, Minnesota

Language

English

Word Count

20,250 words, Guess

Page Count

81 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number97070218
  • Goodreads806077
  • LibraryThing498436

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54
  • LCCPS3566.H476 F76 1998

Description

With From the Devotions, Carl Phillips takes us even further into that dangerous space he has already made his own, where body and soul - ever restless - come explosively together. Speaking to a balance between decorum and pain, he offers here a devotional poetry that argues for faith, even without the comforting gods or the organized structures of revealed truth. Neither sage nor saint nor prophet, the poet is the listener, the mourner, the one who has some access to the maddening quarters of human consciousness, the wry Sibyl. From the Devotions is deeply felt, highly intelligent, and unsentimental, and cements Phillips's reputation as a poet of enormous talent and depth.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • From the devotions: poemsGraywolf Press1998-01-01

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