| He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art Contributor(s): Wiman, Christian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250249457 ISBN-13: 9781250249456 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Essays - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.25 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A moving meditation on memory, oblivion, and eternity by one of our most celebrated poets What is it we want when we can't stop wanting? And how do we make that hunger productive and vital rather than corrosive and destructive? These are the questions that animate Christian Wiman as he explores the relationships between art and faith, death and fame, heaven and oblivion. Above all, He Held Radical Light is a love letter to poetry, filled with moving, surprising, and sometimes funny encounters with the poets Wiman has known. Seamus Heaney opens a suddenly intimate conversation about faith; Mary Oliver puts half of a dead pigeon in her pocket; A. R. Ammons stands up in front of an audience and refuses to read. He Held Radical Light is as urgent and intense as it is lively and entertaining--a sharp sequel to Wiman's earlier memoir, My Bright Abyss. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wiman, Christian: - Christian Wiman is the author of several books, including a memoir, My Bright Abyss Meditation of a Modern Believer (FSG, 2013); Every Riven Thing (FSG, 2010), winner of the Ambassador Book Award in poetry; and Stolen Air: Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam. From 2003 to 2013, he was the editor of Poetry magazine. He currently teaches religion and literature at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School. He lives in Connecticut. |