Susanna Childress writes with an
earnest desire to understand things physical and things spiritual. What
results is a first collection of provocative, honest poetry that
explores
various human predicaments: a cancer-ridden wife, an explosive father,
an infertile couple, various sexual aggressors, a missing girl. Such
careful
portraiture provokes the reader to consider the complexity of human
love:
how selfishness, fear, lust and even brutality might coincide with
tenderness
and loyalty. Ms. Childress' writing is refreshingly naive and clear,
her
voice essentially inquisitive. She is brave enough to look at the
darkness
of the world, but she is more courageous to hope.
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Jagged with Love
by Susanna Childress
University of Wisconsin
Press, 2005.
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