Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon

by Denise Duhamel (Editor)

Poetry. Sixty-three contributors, including Kim Addonizio, Sherman Alexie, Mary Karr, Maxine Kumin, Molly Peacock, Hal Sirowitz, Virgil Suarez and James Tate. Foreword by Dan Wakefield. "There is nothing irreverent in true poetic No matter what experience these writers have of Jesus, they honor their visions. This marvelous anthology rescues Jesus from religious fundamentalists of all kinds, restoring Him to His rightful place as a force for tolerance, acceptance and inspiration.

Genres: Poetry

193 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2002

About the author

Denise Duhamel's most recent books are Ka-Ching! (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009), Two and Two (Pittsburgh, 2005), Mille et un Sentiments (Firewheel, 2005); Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001); The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999); and Kinky (Orchises Press, 1997). A bilingual edition of her poems, Afortunada de mí (Lucky Me), translated into Spanish by Dagmar Buchholz and David Gonzalez, came out in 2008 with Bartleby Editores (Madrid.) A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she is an associate professor at Florida International University in Miami.

Reviews

[behsforensics]

Cutting is for Sweet Jesus: Strange Faith
By Ron Koertge

[Leslie]

Thank ya, FL ;o). I'm on it.