A Fire to Light Our Tongues : Texas Writers on Spirituality /

"A Fire to Light Our Tongues: Texas Writers on Spirituality brings together the works of writers in Texas. The title is taken, with permission, from Naomi Shihab Nye's introduction to Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets, where she states the role of poetry serves as "a fire to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Walker-Nixon, Donna (Editor), Dell, Elizabeth J., 1957- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spirituality.
American literature.
Spiritualite > Anthologies.
Litterature americaine > Texas > 21e siecle.
Spirituality > Literary collections.
American literature > Texas > 21st century.
Texas.
Literature.
Literary collections.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"A Fire to Light Our Tongues: Texas Writers on Spirituality brings together the works of writers in Texas. The title is taken, with permission, from Naomi Shihab Nye's introduction to Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets, where she states the role of poetry serves as "a fire to light our tongues." This view describes the role that creative writers, encountering the challenges of this past decade, face as they grapple with shifting views of spirituality. While the project started before COVID-19, given the current worldwide pandemic, a book of creative work responding to writers' spirituality could not be more timely. This anthology offers readers creative works by Texas writers as they wrestle with evolving systems of belief or nonbelief"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9780875658117

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