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PublisherParaclete Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101557254524

ISBN-139781557254528

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Book TitleDeaths and Transfigurations

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicSubjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, General

IllustratorYes, Moser, Barry

GenrePoetry

AuthorPaul Mariani

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length5.4 in

Item Width8.5 in

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LCCN2005-006040

ReviewsMariani's first new collection in nine years takes as its major themes death in all its forms and the quest for new life. If the images here are simple, the emotions are not. "Wasn't It Us You Were Seeking?" addresses the refusal to mourn a mother 10 years dead, while "Solar Ice" describes the rituals of the Catholic Mass. Others are about memories of fleeting childhoods over sooner than one would have thought, of Saturday night first dates, of fathers worrying about keeping food on the table, of the unexpected suddenness of death sweeping down on a clear September day in 2001, and of patients who never appeared at hospital doors. Recalled, too, are early university teaching days, when, discussing death and dying in Hemingway, Mariani learned of President Kennedy's assassination. But renewal is celebrated, too, in the coming of spring to New England, the way light strikes a pitcher, a wedding, and the cycles of life, so that this luminous collection is finally about what it means to live. June Sawyers Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved June Sawyers Booklist August 1, 2005, "It's hard to believe that it's been nine years since Paul Mariani's last collection of poems. He's such an essential, central presence for those who care about both contemporary poetry and the Christian faith---and he has produced so substantial a body of work---that it's easy to forget that he's still turning out terrific work. Paraclete Press is to be commended for bringing out this collection: in just a few short years it has begun to transform itself into a publisher of serious literature." Image July 1, 2005, Mariani's first new collection in nine years takes as its major themes death in all its forms and the quest for new life. If the images here are simple, the emotions are not. "Wasn't It Us You Were Seeking?" addresses the refusal to mourn a mother 10 years dead, while "Solar Ice" describes the rituals of the Catholic Mass. Others are about memories of fleeting childhoods over sooner than one would have thought, of Saturday night first dates, of fathers worrying about keeping food on the table, of the unexpected suddenness of death sweeping down on a clear September day in 2001, and of patients who never appeared at hospital doors. Recalled, too, are early university teaching days, when, discussing death and dying in Hemingway, Mariani learned of President Kennedy's assassination. But renewal is celebrated, too, in the coming of spring to New England, the way light strikes a pitcher, a wedding, and the cycles of life, so that this luminous collection is finally about what it means to live. June Sawyers Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved - June Sawyers Booklist August 1, 2005, "Deaths & Transfigurations. . .is rich with references to literature---particularly to Dante and Gerard Manley Hopkins---and to Scripture. It seems as Mariani ages, his obsession with his past continues to grow. . .Mariani is able to dazzle with his beautiful craftsmanship." Books & Culture August 1, 2005, "It's hard to believe that it's been nine years since Paul Mariani's last collection of poems. He's such an essential, central presence for those who care about both contemporary poetry and the Christian faith---and he has produced so substantial a body of work---that it's easy to forget that he's still turning out terrific work. Paraclete Press is to be commended for bringing out this collection: in just a few short years it has begun to transform itself into a publisher of serious literature." - Image July 1, 2005, ". . .this luminous collection is finally about what it means to live." -- Booklist "Deaths & Transfigurations. . .is rich with references to literature---particularly to Dante and Gerard Manley Hopkins---and to Scripture. It seems as Mariani ages, his obsession with his past continues to grow. . .Mariani is able to dazzle with his beautiful craftsmanship." -- Books & Culture "Mariani's first new collection in nine years takes as its major themes death in all its forms and the quest for new life. If the images here are simple, the emotions are not. 'Wasn't It Us You Were Seeking?' addresses the refusal to mourn a mother 10 years dead, while 'Solar Ice' describes the rituals of the Catholic Mass. Others are about memories of fleeting childhoods over sooner than one would have thought, of Saturday night first dates, of fathers worrying about keeping food on the table, of the unexpected suddenness of death sweeping down on a clear September day in 2001, and of patients who never appeared at hospital doors. Recalled, too, are early university teaching days, when, discussing death and dying in Hemingway, Mariani learned of President Kennedy's assassination. But renewal is celebrated, too, in the coming of spring to New England, the way light strikes a pitcher, a wedding, and the cycles of life, so that this luminous collection is finally about what it means to live." (Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved) -- June Sawyer's Booklist "It's hard to believe that it's been nine years since Paul Mariani's last collection of poems. He's such an essential, central presence for those who care about both contemporary poetry and the Christian faith---and he has produced so substantial a body of work---that it's easy to forget that he's still turning out terrific work. Paraclete Press is to be commended for bringing out this collection: in just a few short years it has begun to transform itself into a publisher of serious literature." -- Image

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Freshman

Dewey Decimal811/.54

SynopsisThis provocative collection of beautiful new poems - Paul Mariani's first in nine years - searches and develops the human themes of personal loss. His searching verse explores the deaths we experience, the quest for new life, and the transfiguring moments, This provocative collection of new poems is the latest in a series of Paul Mariani's rich contributions to American literature. These spiritually searching poems develop themes of personal loss - the deaths we experience - as well as the quest for new life often known as transfiguration. Barry Moser, one of the world's foremost book designers and illustrators, has created a series of original engravings within the text that correspond to the major themes in Mariani's verse., This provocative collection of new poems is the latest in a series of Paul Mariani's rich contributions to American literature. These spiritually searching poems develop themes of personal loss'the deaths we experience'as well as the quest for new life often known as transfigurations. Barry Moser, one of the world's foremost book designers and illustrators, has created a series of original engravings within the text that correspond to the major themes in Mariani's verse. This is the first volume in the new ?Paraclete Poetry? series of works from contemporary, American poets. Each volume presents new and/or selected work from a poet recognized for profound explorations of spiritual issues.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.A6543D43 2005

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