Psalms of Unknowing: Poems Lanier Heather
Writing at the intersections of spirituality, motherhood, and feminism, Lanier reveals the sacred in our ordinary lives. "Poignant. Provocative. Downright hilarious. Heather Lanier is an incendiary…
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Writing at the intersections of spirituality, motherhood, and feminism, Lanier reveals the sacred in our ordinary lives. "Poignant. Provocative. Downright hilarious. Heather Lanier is an incendiary psalmist and we love her for it." --Kate Bowler, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved and Duke University professor "When a book begins 'topless at the office/like a scandal, ' you know the poems it contains will push against easy or sweet received narratives about what it means to be a mother and a person of faith. (She's 'Pumping Milk, ' the poem's title clarifies!) These poems reinvent the trinity, beginning with 'the name of the mother, ' and reimagine the Virgin Mary as a present-day pregnant woman scolded by What to Expect into counting protein grams and giving up tuna. By turns tender