Place of Passage: Contemporary Catholic Poetry Book by

Title	:	Place of Passage: Contemporary Catholic Poetry
Author	:	Brand: Story Line Press
Rating	:	4.76 (952 Votes)
Asin	:	1885266863
Format Type	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	288 Pages
Publish Date	:	2000-05-01
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Editorial : From Library Journal Editors Craig and McCann have assembled a varied and interesting collection of unabashedly modern and even Modernist poems on Catholic themes arranged around the liturgical calendar. Selections include writings from familiar or known voices such as Thomas Merton, Robert Fitzgerald, and Annie Dillard, as well as excellent but less-well-known poets such as Amy Fleury, Kathryn Young, and Frank Stewart. It is taken somewhat for granted that contemporary serious writing is ir-or even anti-religious; this splendid collection of poems should go a long way toward diminishing the possibilities of faith in poetry. Highly Recommended.Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

However, it's mired in a past/present layer cake of a story, where the 'past' layer is all overwrought writing and name-dropping contemporary figured, and the present is all 'gritty' urban fantasy with good people doing bad things, bad people doing ambiguous things, and some eye-roll-inducing pontification on the nature of good, evil, death, and whatever else.

Someone could probably take the basic plot elements of this book and write a novel i'd very much enjoy. . From vaccines to vitamins, the author discusses available options without being an advocate. A pity about them. "The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa" has two narrators. Many, many years ago a friend suggested "Carl" books. He did not believe in pointing fingers or blaming corporations for the wrongs they inflicted on animals; he worked to find realistic solutions that benefited both sides. Needs to be read by more Americans, especially those who have served overseas (in any capacity) for the USG. From Pentecostal pare