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From: Rita Auerbach <rita.auerbach>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:05:13 -0500
Cynthia Rylant has, of course, published a number of fine books with religious themes, but one of my favorites is her sometimes humorous, always thought-provoking collection of poems, God Went to Beauty School
(HarperTempest, 2003). Based on the premise that God comes to earth to experience the world God has created, the poems comment on human society, on the sacred in the mundane, on our perceptions of the deity. For anyone who doesn't find humor and belief incompatible, this is a delightful and wondrous book. Rita Auerbach
Received on Fri 19 Nov 2004 12:05:13 PM CST
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:05:13 -0500
Cynthia Rylant has, of course, published a number of fine books with religious themes, but one of my favorites is her sometimes humorous, always thought-provoking collection of poems, God Went to Beauty School
(HarperTempest, 2003). Based on the premise that God comes to earth to experience the world God has created, the poems comment on human society, on the sacred in the mundane, on our perceptions of the deity. For anyone who doesn't find humor and belief incompatible, this is a delightful and wondrous book. Rita Auerbach
Received on Fri 19 Nov 2004 12:05:13 PM CST
