Psalter: The Agnostic's Book of Common Curiosities - Softcover

Popoff, Georgia A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098604458X ISBN 13: 9780986044588

Publisher: Tiger Bark, 2015

Synopsis

Poetry. Religion. PSALTER is a book of psalms for the agnostic who still looks for sacred order in the doubter's soul, in the heart's intelligence, in the voice of the PSALTER's own singer. The very molecules of our makeup force an order to her consciousness: "Constellations alone are proof // that matter is on the loose, capable / of an inexplicable agreement."

"Poetry is how we recognize immaterial dreams and wishes. A true poet must be part Sufi, part skeptic; both mathematician and map maker. In PSALTER: THE AGNOSTIC'S BOOK OF COMMON CURIOSITIES, Georgia Popoff's narrator is all of these and more. The poems in this rich new collection are unafraid of the soul."—stephen kuusisto

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About the Author

Georgia A. Popoff's previous books include Coaxing Nectar from Longing (1997, Hale Mary Press), The Doom Weaver (2008, Main Street Rag Publishers), and a chapbook in the Greatest Hits series (Pudding House Press). She is coauthor of Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community (with Quraysh Ali Lansana, Teachers & Writers Collaborative), which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for excellence in instructional literature in 2012. She is an artist educator, editor, professional development specialist, and Comstock Review senior editor. A Poet-in-Residence in numerous school districts, she also teaches adult writing workshops in community-based organizations.

Currently, Georgia is the Workshops Coordinator for the YMCA's Downtown Writers Center's adult curriculum and its youth program, the YMCA Young Authors Academy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tiger Bark
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 098604458X
• ISBN 13: 9780986044588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 71