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The Daring of Paradise

by (author) Brian Day

Publisher
Guernica Editions
Initial publish date
Oct 2013
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550717112
    Publish Date
    Oct 2013
    List Price
    $15.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781550717129
    Publish Date
    Oct 2013
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

The Daring of Paradise reconfigures stories and images from both multiple religions and from fairy tales, cracking them open to release new light. Poems probe the intense devotion in the letters of Paul and the sensuality shimmering within the traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. They cast lines across religious divides, gather elements of incarnate spirituality, and consider how, in our present moment, religion might speak to the body of the Earth. Both contemplative and provocative, The Daring of Paradise reveals a world shot through with desire and expands the ambit of devotional poetry, listening to "that polished emptiness pressing upon speech" and the "illicit locutions sung and fluted / through the back alleys of heaven."

About the author

Brian Day is the author of three previous Guernica books of poetry, including Conjuring Jesus, Azure andLove Is Not Native To My Blood. He lives and teaches in Toronto, Ontario.

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