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Rachel Jennings

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born
May 24, 1965

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Rachel Jennings grew up in East Tennessee. She received her B.A. in English literature at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Afterwards, she earned an M.A. and Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin. Currently, she teaches English composition and literature at San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a member of the Conjunto de Nepantleras at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. She has a forthcoming poetry chapbook, Knoxville Girl: The Walk to the River (Finishing Line Press), which is now available for purchase at www.finishinglinepress.com. Also, she has published two other books of poetry: Elijah's Farm (Pecan Grove Press, 2003) and Hedge Ghosts (Lanana Creek Press, 2001).


Average rating: 4.60 · 5 ratings · 2 reviews · 2 distinct works
Elijah's Farm
4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011
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On the Irish Waterfront by James T. Fisher
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God and You by William A. Barry
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William A. Barry, S.J. is known as the person who most defined what we understand by "spiritual direction." Quite simply, he thinks of spiritual direction as assistance with prayer, and he thinks of prayer as a personal relationship to or communicati...more
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Silence Speaks by Robert Nugent
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Despite my background in Irish studies, I remain woefully unknowledgeable about Catholic theology and practice. I'm trying to make up for it through my reading. (In the past, I made the mistake of obtaining books that were catechetical but completely...more
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A Priest Forever
by Carter Heyward
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This work concerns the controversial "irregular ordinations" of the first female Episcopal priests in the 1970s. Having been denied ordination through the conventional means, several women chose to be ordained individually by willing bishops, thus se...more
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Adam's Gift by Jimmy Creech
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To Begin Again by Jen Knox
To Begin Again
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Art in the City by Mo H. Saidi
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Hungers of the Heart by Richard G. Watts
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The Golden Cage by Hilde Bruch
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the book, of course, is somewhat dated. Not only have we achieved medical and psychological advances in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, but professionals have changed their attitudes about gender roles, patriarchal families, and so on. Also, eatin...more
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Lou Andreas-Salomé
“Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?”
Lou Andreas-Salomé, Sigmund Freud and Lou Andreas-Salome Letters

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“Poetry is something in-between the dream and its interpretation.”
Lou Andreas-Salomé

“The gentry protect their names like hymens,
They suck their names like thumbs,
But they sign their names and something happens.
While Zimmer, I can write, Zimmer,
All day, and nothing happens.”
Paul Zimmer

“Where are we going? We're going to try and fulfill Dr. Martin Luther King's dream, and if we Mexican Americans march to Washington, it is to tell this country that poverty is not a Negro problem. Poverty is a Mexican-American problem; poverty is an American-Indian problem; poverty is a Puerto Rican problem; poverty is an Appalachian problem.”
Rodolfo Gonzalez Lebrero

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