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He Held Radical Light

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

He Held Radical Light

By Christian Wiman

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About the book

What is it we want when we can't stop wanting? And how do we make that hunger productive and vital rather than corrosive and destructive? These are the questions that animate Christian Wiman as he explores the relationships between art and faith, death and fame, heaven and oblivion. Above all, He Held Radical Light is a love letter to poetry, filled with moving, surprising, and sometimes funny encounters with the poets Wiman has known. Seamus Heaney opens a suddenly intimate conversation about f...Show more

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ISBN

9780374168469

Publisher

Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

He Held Radical Light

Format

Hardcover

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