Magdalene: Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book Magdalene: Poems by Marie Howe, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Marie Howe ISBN: 9780393285314
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: March 28, 2017
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Marie Howe
ISBN: 9780393285314
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: March 28, 2017
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

“Gorgeous, ferocious, lacerating, sexy, and profoundly compassionate.”—Michael Cunningham

Magdalene imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape—hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of Magdalene yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning, she is a woman striving to be the subject of her own life, fully human and alive to the sacred in the mortal world.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

“Gorgeous, ferocious, lacerating, sexy, and profoundly compassionate.”—Michael Cunningham

Magdalene imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape—hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of Magdalene yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning, she is a woman striving to be the subject of her own life, fully human and alive to the sacred in the mortal world.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals, Women, a Passion by Marie Howe
Cover of the book The Vanishing Act: A Novel by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life by Marie Howe
Cover of the book The Second Blush: Poems by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Identity and the Life Cycle by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Blandings Castle by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Sonata Mulattica: Poems by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Marie Howe
Cover of the book The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Liebestod: Opera Buffa with Leib Goldkorn by Marie Howe
Cover of the book In the Shadow of a Rainbow: The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Play and Creativity in Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Marie Howe
Cover of the book Greening the Landscape: Strategies for Environmentally Sound Practice by Marie Howe
Cover of the book The Therapeutic "Aha!": 10 Strategies for Getting Your Clients Unstuck by Marie Howe
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy