| Uncommon Prayer Contributor(s): Johnson, Kimberly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892554479 ISBN-13: 9780892554478 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2014018151 |
| Series: Karen and Michael Braziller Books |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Uncommon Prayer is a book about desire, and about the ways in which desire can and cannot be expressed, contained, or controlled by language. Invoking the structural organization of the liturgical hours, the calendar, and the alphabet, Uncommon Prayer explores how external forms might compensate for the incommunicability of human want--that is, how the parts of expression that aren't found in dictionary definitions might help to make up for what our words never quite manage to express. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Kimberly: - Kimberly Johnson is a poet, translator, and literary critic. Her poems have appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker and Slate. She is the author of two previous poetry collections, Leviathan with a Hook and A Metaphorical God, and the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, the Utah Arts Counsel, and the Mellon Foundation. She is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University. |