Reck: Poems

by Leslie Harrison

Book Overview

Fifteenth-century theologian and philosopher Nicholas Malebranche said that attentiveness is the natural prayer of the soul. The title of this third collection by National Book Award finalist Harrison means both to pay attention to, and to be concerned by. These strange and moving poems take as one of their central tenets that the act of paying attention engenders care, empathy, and love. From the widest lenses--history, time itself, the abandoned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629222348
• ISBN13: 9781629222349
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"