Author

Publication

2007-10-01 - Sarabande Books

Language

English

Word Count

23,750 words, Guess

Page Count

95 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveepistlespoems0000jarm
  • ISBN-101932511539
  • ISBN-139781932511536
  • Goodreads1495189
  • LibraryThing4551159
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Classifications

  • LCCPS3560.A537E75 2007
  • LCCPS3560.A537 E75 2007
  • LCCPS

Description

In Epistles, Mark Jarman makes of language a powerful spiritual calculus, writing profoundly inventive proofs for the central mysteries of our existence. The tone is by turns dry, witty, passionate, somber, whimsical, and more-permeated always by a lucid intelligence. Intimate addresses to the reader, the poems issue from a speaker who at times resembles your next-door-neighbor, at others and angel or prophet: sometimes all three. Whatever the guise, we seem in the presence of one of God<U+2019>s messengers, speaking in a familiar idiom. And though he will not lie to make us feel better, he has our best interests at heart-he brings good news. “God,” Jarman says, “has committed you to memory.”

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Epistles: PoemsPaperbackSarabande Books2007-10-01

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