In this Book
- In Broken Latin: Poems
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
In Broken Latin explores in a series of deft, witty, sexy, and soulful poems the misunderstood, idealized, and marginalized life of a modern Roman Catholic nun. In these poems, set in the patriarchal institution of the convent, Annette Spaulding-Convy comments on the American woman's struggle for spiritual identity in contemporary culture through the voice of an ex-nun now mother/wife creating a life for herself in the world, while searching for an ethical, spiritual meaning not dependent upon traditional religious dogma.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. v-vi
- Part I
- from Uterine Dogma
- pp. 7-9
- Part II
- Feeding Stations of the Cross
- pp. 22-25
- Bonsai Nun
- p. 27
- Everything except Her Head
- pp. 30-33
- Sunday Afternoon, Waterboarding
- pp. 34-35
- Part III
- Apologia Pro Vita Mea
- pp. 39-40
- Odors of Sanctity
- pp. 43-44
- The Fleet Admiral’s Daughter
- pp. 45-46
- You Died before I Sent a Card
- pp. 47-48
- Virgin Martyrs’ Chiffon Dessert
- pp. 51-52
- Part IV
- Oratio Nocturna
- p. 57
- Six Ways to Sunday
- pp. 62-63
- Hollow Women
- pp. 64-65
- Via Negativa
- pp. 66-67
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610755016
Related ISBN(s)
9781557289872
MARC Record
OCLC
830023882
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No