The Magdalene Sermon and Earlier Poems
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The Magdalene Sermon was originally published in Ireland by The Gallery Press in 1989 and was chosen as one of the three best books of poetry that year by the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Poetry Book Prize Committee. The Magdalene Sermon and Earlier Poems is augmented in this volume by earlier poems selected and revised from The Rose-Geranium series.
Praise for The Magdalene Sermon and Earlier Poems
“It is the ‘green leaf of language’ twisting through these poems that gives the reader the necessary encouragement to enter into a world of strange occurrences, of not totally comprehensible connections, of conversations without obvious contexts, and of dream-like encounters.”
– Douglas Sealy, The Irish Times
“It is fitting that Mary Magdalene—who has been seen as whore, apostle, love, and priestess—be the patron saint of this book. Ní Chuilleanáin’s eccentric poems uncover hidden dramas in many guises, and she continually holds us captive by her luminous voice.”
– Molly Bendall, Denver Quarterly
“The Magdalene Sermon is simple, uncluttered, and limpid, and Ní Chuilleanáin’s poems are graceful and marvelously unfussy; she seems incapable of writing a superfluous line.”
– Jonathan Allison, Irish Literary Supplement
Description
The Magdalene Sermon was originally published in Ireland by The Gallery Press in 1989 and was chosen as one of the three best books of poetry that year by the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Poetry Book Prize Committee. The Magdalene Sermon and Earlier Poems is augmented in this volume by earlier poems selected and revised from The Rose-Geranium series.
Praise for The Magdalene Sermon and Earlier Poems
“It is the ‘green leaf of language’ twisting through these poems that gives the reader the necessary encouragement to enter into a world of strange occurrences, of not totally comprehensible connections, of conversations without obvious contexts, and of dream-like encounters.”
– Douglas Sealy, The Irish Times
“It is fitting that Mary Magdalene—who has been seen as whore, apostle, love, and priestess—be the patron saint of this book. Ní Chuilleanáin’s eccentric poems uncover hidden dramas in many guises, and she continually holds us captive by her luminous voice.”
– Molly Bendall, Denver Quarterly
“The Magdalene Sermon is simple, uncluttered, and limpid, and Ní Chuilleanáin’s poems are graceful and marvelously unfussy; she seems incapable of writing a superfluous line.”
– Jonathan Allison, Irish Literary Supplement
Additional information
| Publication date: | 1991 |
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| Pages: | 64 |
| Binding: | paperback |
