Magdalene: Poems

by Marie Howe

Book Overview

Magdalene imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape--hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of Magdalene yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393356035
• ISBN13: 9780393356038
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 8.2"