9781324036210_

An acclaimed poet finds moral and spiritual connection in this fierce, dexterous volume.

Balancing emotional openness with formal restraint, April Bernard proves once again a poet who harmonizes the raucous and the classic, the songful and the wry, the courtly and the quick (Wayne Koestenbaum). Throughout her sixth collection, Bernard searches for the world behind the world, a spiritual realm of justice and peace, music and grace. The host of saints present in this parallel world includes poetsJohn Ashbery, Thomas Wyatt, Gerard Manley Hopkinsas well as folklore spirits, animals wild and domestic, and personal ghosts. Rising up from despair and grief, this powerful collection proposes a moving, personal faith.

From The Fetch Explained, More or Less
Hot-headed,
laughing, we giddy suffering creatures
barely keep pace with our fetches, who fare
into darkness before us, sharpening their teeth.

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An acclaimed poet finds moral and spiritual connection in this fierce, dexterous volume.

Mystical, daring, expertly crafted, and ironic, The World Behind the World embarks on a wide-ranging journey through memory and loss to reach that other world, where nothing human can wreck us. Along the way, the poet conjures lush woodlands and icy oceans, wry conversations with voices from the past, and transformative moments of reckoning and healing. Rising up from despair, anger, and grief, this powerful collection proposes a moving, personal faith.

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The World Behind the World: Poems

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