| Sweet Survival Contributor(s): Smith, Pamela (Author) |
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ISBN: 1635343259 ISBN-13: 9781635343250 Publisher: Finishing Line Press OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.13 lbs) 38 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Humor and horror punctuate the humdrum demands of a life-threatening chronic illness. In Sweet Survival, narrative and lyric poems and a scattering of prose poems exhibit the whimsy and grit a long-term incurable condition entails. Pamela Smith is in her fifth decade as an insulin-dependent diabetic. This collection shows how she has come to thrive. Resilience, even after setbacks, comes with the three C's she offers in "Prescription" cooperation, combat, and contemplation. These poems celebrate life, art, natural beauty, ministry, poetry, pets, humanity, and God. Sweet Survival is a short testament to her gladness for the color and valor of the long haul. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Pamela: - Pamela Smith's How Jonathan Green Painted My Momma was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013. In addition to this chapbook, she has published eleven other books-two collections of poetry, one text on environmental ethics, and eight collections of Biblical meditations. In 2015 she was recipient of a Lilly grant to participate in a convening on "Poetry, Prose, and Prayer" at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research in Collegeville, Minnesota, and in 2016 and 2017 was awarded a stint as Writer in Residence at the Weymouth Center for the Arts in Southern Pines, North Carolina. She is under contract with Twenty-Third Publications and ACTA Publications for books on the Christian understanding of the Holy Spirit (Holy Wind, Holy Fire) and on processing grief (Acquainted with the Night) which are slated for release in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Born in New York City, Pamela Smith has been writing and publishing since the late 1960s. In 1969 she was diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic. This chapbook contains poems and prose poems relating the grit and gratitude required for living with the demands of this disease. At present, she is Secretary for Education and Faith Formation for the Catholic Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina. A frequent presenter at retreats and conferences, she also writes a bi-weekly column for a statewide newspaper. She has been a member of the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius since 1972 and has served in a positions ranging from pot washer to general superior. |