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Brother Salvage: Poems

Brother Salvage: Poems

Hilles, Rick

Paperback

Series: Pitt Poetry

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0822959356
ISBN13: 9780822959359
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Aug 7 2006
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
Awards: IndieFab awards
The name of the title poem--Brother Salvage: a genizah, provides a skeleton key to unlock the powerful forces that bind Rick Hilles's collection. A genizah is a depository, or hiding place, for sacred texts. It performs a double function: to keep hallowed objects safe and to prevent more destructive forces from circulating and causing further harm. Brother Salvage serves exactly this purpose. The poems are heartrending and incisive, preserving stories and lives that should not be forgotten. Yet, through the poet's eloquent craft, painful histories and images are beautifully and luminously contained. Like scholars sifting through ancient genizahs in search of spiritual and historical insights, readers immersed in Brother Salvage will find, at the heart of the book, the most sacred entity: hope.

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