The Spirit Papers

by Elizabeth Metzger

EXCERPT
All right, I'm a little afraid.
It's the zeroing in of All That Could
Possibly Go Wrong vs. Myself.
--"Small Talk with an Imagined Son"

The Spirit Papers explores the magical thinking that precedes impending and inevitable loss, the taboo fantasia that occurs in the crippling timelessness of anticipation. Grieving for the future with a spiritual clarity characterized by ritual and doubt, Metzger's lines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625342632
• ISBN13: 9781625342638
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"