Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter: Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00RB0JGAM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"takes a bold look at the New Testament and the Gnostic gospels, questioning belief, faith, dogma, and the nature of religion itself while creating a new world where 'we will / find / what strangeness comes to bless.' Despite the cruelty of the world both in biblical times, and now, we are reminded to 'Pretend it doesn't matter / how the hawk will devil fragile birds that we set free.' Bevilaqua's verse reassures us, 'It's only a matter of time / before a blessing / comes along' in this beautiful, sensitive collection."--Shaindel Beers, Author of A Brief History of Time and The Children's War and Other Poems"an ethereal, uplifting collection that weaves a poetic quilt of expertly crafted word choices and deep, sometimes dark imagery. It seems to blend a glimmer of hope with even the darkest poem, capturing the reader and holding him
She is the author of Holding Breath: A Memoir of AIDS' Wildfire Days (2012). . She attended Reed College and NYU's M.A. Her poems have been published in or accepted for future publication by West Branch, Whiskey Island, Tupelo Quarterly, Juked, Hubbub, Atticus Review, Apogee Journal, MadHat Lit, Kentucky Review, Menacing Hedge, Constr
a wonderful and passionate work that brings a fresh perspective on ancient characters and themes zev keisch having read ms. bevilaqua's previous work i was expecting a fineness of phrasing, word choice and emotional content and the owl (her totem name) truly came through. i found my self reading lines and stanzas then whole poems aloudthen repeating themjust to savor the distinct wisdom.informationaccess to archetypal memories that her poems in this collection bring through a precise, lovely, passionate. "Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter: A fine book of poems, well worth reading." according to PHILIP DODD. Ever since I enjoyed reading A Rough Deliverance: Collected Poems 198Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter: A fine book of poems, well worth reading. Ever since I enjoyed reading A Rough Deliverance: Collected Poems 1983-2013 by Nancy Bevilaqua, I have been looking forward to her promised book of new poems. Certainly, I was not disappointed. It was worth the wait, as all good things are, we are told. Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter, her new book, is a fine book of poems indeed. Whereas A Rough Deliverance could be likened to a greatest hits al. -201Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter: A fine book of poems, well worth reading. Ever since I enjoyed reading A Rough Deliverance: Collected Poems 1983-2013 by Nancy Bevilaqua, I have been looking forward to her promised book of new poems. Certainly, I was not disappointed. It was worth the wait, as all good things are, we are told. Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter, her new book, is a fine book of poems indeed. Whereas A Rough Deliverance could be likened to a greatest hits al. by Nancy Bevilaqua, I have been looking forward to her promised book of new poems. Certainly, I was not disappointed. It was worth the wait, as all good things are, we are told. Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter, her new book, is a fine book of poems indeed. Whereas A Rough Deliverance could be likened to a greatest hits al. "Senuous and heart-rending, highly unusual collection" according to LMKaminski. The GOSPEL OF THE THROWAWAY DAUGHTER is a poetic accomplishment -- I've had a copy since it was first released, and have re-read it a number of times, sometimes reading passages from the Nag Hammadi between poems. The flavor and tone of these poems blends well with those scrolls -- I'll echo another reviewer and say that they could easily have been found together. The uncertainty, lament, loss, fa
"Nancy Bevilaqua’s poems beautifully incorporate the language of apocryphal and Gnostic texts, as well as Roman mythology, giving us pollinated lines full of an understanding of what it means to love supernaturally and to feel limited by our physicality. It seems to blend a glimmer of hope with even the darkest poem, capturing the reader and holding him until the very end."--Kevin D. The images in these poems juxtapose the sand under our feet with stardust, uniting the sad truths of death, time, and money with elusive, honey-dripping truths that hint at a larger world."--David Rawson, Author of We Are Lovers Who Forgot Dinosaurs"Gospel of the Throwaway Daughter could well have bee