Metaphorical God |
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| Author:
| Johnson, Kimberly Ann |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89255-342-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Persea Books, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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"Dazzling.... She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."--The Yale Review
No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both...
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"Dazzling.... She writes with Milton open at her elbow but with the real dirt of a real Utah under her fingertips."--The Yale Review
No poet writing today confronts the perplexities of the divine with more pizzazz than Kimberly Johnson. In A Metaphorical God, Johnson showcases her gifts for mining language for its hidden gems and its gospel ("my tongue is a fovent choir, / a cloven fire"), using what she unearths to delve deep into mysteries both epistemological and holy.