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Book Review Of Doug Frank's Gentler God, Melanie Springer Mock
Book Review Of Doug Frank's Gentler God, Melanie Springer Mock
Faculty Publications - Department of English
Excerpt: "Like most people, my understanding of God’s image and character has been transformed over time: in my case, from the bearded old white man of Sunday school lore, giving judgment from atop fluffy clouds, to a much more inclusive—and, to be honest, more ambiguous—deity, whose being is neither male nor female, bearded nor white. One aspect of God has remained fairly constant, however. I too often believe God to be a vindictive figure, eager to smack me down. Miss church a few Sundays in a row? Something bad is bound to happen. Say one too many swear words? God …
Book Review: A Journey With Two Maps: Becoming A Woman Poet, Kathleen A. Heininge
Book Review: A Journey With Two Maps: Becoming A Woman Poet, Kathleen A. Heininge
Faculty Publications - Department of English
For those familiar with Eavan Boland's book, Object Lessons, her latest defense of the woman poet begins in well-traveled territory. A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet) reiterates her struggles to find an authentic voice in a poetic and political history that has largely excluded the voices of women. She again notes her sense of dislocation-Irish but not raised in Ireland-and recognizes the effect of such dislocation on her participation in the project called Irish poetry. She repeats her observation that poetry has traditionally been confined to the recondite, defined as war, death, and God, a definition excluding …
Review Of Carver's "Cathedral", Polly Peterson
Review Of Carver's "Cathedral", Polly Peterson
Faculty Publications - Department of English
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A Christian Feminist Speaks Out On The Drone War In Pakistan, Melanie Springer Mock
A Christian Feminist Speaks Out On The Drone War In Pakistan, Melanie Springer Mock
Faculty Publications - Department of English
Excerpt: "On a warm morning recently, as I was backing the car out of the garage, I saw my eldest son standing on our porch, still in his pajamas and bare feet, looking mournfully at me. I stopped the car and asked what he wanted. “To give you a hug,” he said. I parked the car, got out, and picked up my growing kid, holding him for a moment as I might an infant, his long legs wrapped around me. Right then, nothing felt sweeter."
Book Review: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey Of American Women From 1960 To The Present, Melanie Springer Mock
Book Review: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey Of American Women From 1960 To The Present, Melanie Springer Mock
Faculty Publications - Department of English
Excerpt: "This premise—that so much has changed, and that so much work still needs to be done— resides at the heart of Gail Collins’s excellent book, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. Collins, a columnist for the New York Times, uses her significant authority and her accessible writing style to breathe life into a half-century of women’s history, and the result is a fascinating narrative about women’s strength, resilience, and hope for a more equitable future."