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- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Length
- ≈ 70 pages
- Reading time
- 2–3 hours
- ISBN
- 1555976352
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
In her second collection, Mary Szybist recasts the story of the Biblical Mary for the present day. The book mixes traditional and experimental forms, including lyrics and concrete poems, and explores love, loss and the struggle for religious faith in a world that seems to argue against it.
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