“The God Patent” by Ransom Stephens

Given Sugar, Given Salt by Jane Hirshfield (New York: HarperCollins, 2001) In a recent poem, Jane Hirshfield rifts on the expiration date on a plastic container, and gets personal about the metaphor of perishability: “I found myself looking:/ now at the back of each hand,/ now inside the knees, / now turning over each foot to look at the sole.” Her poems often begin with the easily overlooked stuff of everyday life. … Read More »

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice (New York: Knopf, 2005)   Anne Rice is well known for the Vampire Chronicles. It must have surprised many a faithful reader that she chose to write about Jesus. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt is the first book in a trilogy on the life of Jesus. Next week I will review the second book, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. The … Read More »