Psalms of Unknowing : Poems / Heather Lanier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lanier, Heather, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patriarchy.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages)

Place of Publication:

Rhinebeck, New York : Monkfish Book Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

"A powerful poetic reckoning with motherhood and religion." -- Kirkus Reviews "Poignant. Provocative. Downright hilarious. Heather Lanier is an incendiary psalmist and we love her for it." --Kate Bowler, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved and Duke University professor How do we reconcile our love with our grief? Seek peace in a violent world? Find compassion for our rightwing neighbors? Psalms of Unknowing challenges the patriarchy with an eye on contemporary issues such as gun violence, household divisions of labor, and parenting in an uncertain world.

Contents:

Intro

Praise for Psalms of Unknowing

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Half Title Page

Pumping Milk

I. In the Name of the Mother...

Free Bible in Your Own Language

Father Jim Shows Me Twelve Jesuses

Bed Rest

Ode To Seven

The Messiah Could Have Gotten Listeria

Jesus Might Have Walked on Ice_Scientists Say

Forecast in the Thirty-First Week

Bear Leads Police in Wild Chase

My Form of Yelling

Rush Hour Commute_Good Friday

Trauma-Informed Christ

The Making

Before Writing Back to a Friend Whose Mother is Dying

The World Turns Too Fast

Your Heartbeat

II. And The Child...

Only a Sliver of Love Runs Hot

To the Comic Who Says Her Critic Is Missing a Chromosome

Etymology of Apocalypse

Things I Heard After My Baby Was Born

Fighting with My Husband Over Alphabet Puzzle Cards

Upon Learning that Our Baby Can Swallow Her Own Spit

Sperm

To the Parent Who Says Her Childs Disability Isnt in the Natural Order of Things

Your Eyes_My Daughter_Are Genius Caliber

The Vigil I Dont Yet Explain to My Three-Year-Old Daughter

Psalm for Doctor Normal

The Christian Ladies Talk Infertility

Anger Choice Cards in My Daughters Backpack

Jesus Doodles

Skipping Stones

III. And the Holy Unknowing...

My Family and I Disagree about Politics

Loving Thy Right-Wing Neighbor

The War We Barely Knew

The Best House on the Block

For One Shutter-Click We Loved Ourselves

Beatitude for the Internet Age

Domesticity in the Era of Doom

Hurricane Coming

Outdoor Church

IV. Amen

Beyond Chitchat

Ovulating in Church

Eve

Agnostic Visits the Nature Conservatory

Agnostic Says Morning Prayer

Packing for a Silent Prayer Retreat

News Fast at a Monastery on the Hudson

Canticle of the Ordinary

After a Silent Retreat

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Lanier, Heather Kim. Psalms of unknowing

ISBN:

1-958972-07-X

OCLC:

1390561631