Recently added articles from Christianity and Literature:
From the poetry editor.(contemporary American poetry)(Editorial)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Contemporary American poetry is vast and so diverse it defies mastery. No matter how much I read and teach in this area, I remain profoundly ignorant; every year at least one major poetry prize goes to someone I've never heard of. Such are the surprises that come with vitality and ...
In the Pocket of Your Winter Coat.(Poem)
Jun 22, 2009; ... <Pre> In the Pocket of Your Winter Coat It frightens you, what you think you don't deserve,all of us standing around shouting Happy Birthday Dear Da-ad-- you're plagued with a tart humility when I'm the kindwho wants everyone to kiss my face, sing, buzz, eattheir ...
Man As Walnut.(Poem)
Jun 22, 2009; ... <Pre> Man As Walnut Head thrown back, he cries, is not ashamed,though his people are farmers and lawyers. He hollows out the nadir for sounds: the spine's delicatenuggets, the tiny pear of green gall, a miserable wonder locked in his body, sent to the throat, ...
Theopoetics: process and perspective.(Viewpoint essay)
Jun 22, 2009; ... It is at the level of the imagination that the fateful issues of our new world-experience must first be mastered. It is here that culture and history are broken, and here that the church is polarized. Old words do not reach across the new gulfs, and it is only in vision and oracle that we ...
Minersville Diner.(Poem)
Jun 22, 2009; ... <Pre> Minersville Diner The sign dangles from rusted chains,denies history with white-wash:Steve & Family Restaurant.Her name--Rosie--is the shadow beneath absence,like the almost etched-off letters on plate glassthrough which we look for answersin ...