Long after lauds : poems
Hathaway, Jeanine
Hathaway, Jeanine
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2019
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Lauds (Literature),Praise Religious aspects Poetry
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Hathaway, Jeanine. Long after Lauds: Poems. Slant, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019.
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In monastic life, the first hour of daily prayers, Matins, roused the community to wake up. Wisely, the second hour was Lauds, which means praise--praise with that freshly awakened consciousness. In this way, such an attitude toward the world, seen and unseen, could be absorbed before breakfast. In a voice that is funny, smart, and compassionate, sometimes all at once, the book constructs an introspective retrospective of a woman charged with insatiable curiosity and accommodating doubt looking over a life marked by significant changes: ex-nun, ex-wife, grandmother, professor emerita, traveler. Over decades, she acknowledges with gratitude her own daily shaping by students, grandchildren, rhinos, a public and private history full of saints and ain'ts. Beyond her earlier community chanting Lauds, she explores its resonance with wit and wistfulness and arrives at this truth: praise over time alters the one who gives it.
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Slant, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers,