The Kingdom of Ordinary Time
Poems
Marie Howe (Author, Sarah Lawrence College)
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize: “Thought-provoking, poignant, brutal, amusing, and always beautiful.”—Elizabeth Berg
Hurrying through errands, attending a dying
mother, helping her own child down the playground slide, the speaker in
these poems wonders: what is the difference between the self and the
soul? The secular and the sacred? Where is the kingdom of heaven? And
how does one live in Ordinary Time—during those periods that are not
apparently miraculous?
Book Details
- Paperback
- September 2009
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ISBN 978-0-393-33734-1
- 6.2 × 8.2 in
/ 80 pages
- Territory Rights: Worldwide
Endorsements & Reviews
“Starred Review. Howe is a careful and soulful alchemist. She makes metaphor matter and material metaphysical. She becomes magic with her transforming perspective that is part mother, part muscle, part music, part mind.” — Publishers Weekly
“[A] lovely, clearheaded collection.” — Austin Chronicle
“An eye avid for the glint of gold.” — Booklist
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