false 206547 1 <i>Practical Gods</i> is the eighth collection by Carl Dennis, a critically acclaimed poet and recent winner of one of the most prestigious poetry awards, the Ruth Lilly Prize. Carl Dennis has won acclaim for "wise, original, and often deeply moving" poems that "ease the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving" <i>(The New York Times)</i>. Many of the poems in this new book involve an attempt to enter into dialogue with pagan and biblical perspectives, to throw light on ordinary experience through metaphor borrowed from religious myth and to translate religious myth into secular terms. While making no claims to put us in touch with some ultimate reality, these clear, precise, sensitive poems help us to pay homage to the everyday household gods that are easy to ignore, the gods that sustain life and make it rewarding. 199905 1 10 2001 Practical Gods (Penguin Poets) total:61|5:29|4:20|3:8|2:2|1:2| 61 255 95 9 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 07:48:45 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 07:54:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 17:36:53 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 17:38:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 17 10:11:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 10:21:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 09 11:35:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 11:35:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 12:47:38 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 19 19:31:04 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:47:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 19 17:50:40 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 17:51:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jul 31 09:37:14 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 09:38:36 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 09 18:32:06 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 07:13:29 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 07:31:34 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Aug 20 04:52:43 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 04:53:07 -0700 2007 http://rantsravesreviews.homestead.com/P...
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