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The Unholy Book of Litanies: Liturgy for the Devoted and Damned
Hardcover
Publisher: Walter Red Books
Published: Jul 13 2025
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Unholy Book of Litanies: Liturgy for the Devoted and Damned
A sacred text for the sinners, the survivors, and those who speak to God with blood still on their hands.
This book is not safe.
Through a sequence of twenty-four litanies, this poetic scripture delivers a confessional symphony of desire, betrayal, grief, devotion, and resurrection. Each litany is a prayer etched in shadow-meant to be read aloud, wept through, and felt in the marrow. It is both gospel and wound, scripture and scream.
Walter Red, author of the Daddyland Trilogy and the Walter Red Archive, returns with his most visceral and mythic offering yet. The Unholy Book of Litanies is a queer liturgy disguised as poetry, a gospel whispered through teeth clenched in love and ruin.
It was never meant to be found. But now that you hold it-
Say your name before you turn the page.
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