Every Riven Thing: Poems
10 best books like Every Riven Thing: Poems (Christian Wiman): The Collected Poems, 1957-1982, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life, Reflections on the Psalms, Thirst, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems, Sinners Welcome, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, Miracles, Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life, 7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
| Author | Wendell Berry |
| ISBN | 0865471975 |
A longtime spokesman for conservation, common sense, and sustainable agriculture, Wendell Berry writes eloquently in several styles and methods. Among other literary forms, he is a poet of great clarity and sureness. His love of language and his care for its music are matched only by his fidelity...
| Author | Rod Dreher |
| ISBN | 1455521914 |
THE LITTLE WAY OF RUTHIE LEMING follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his younger sister Ruthie's death. When she was diagnosed at age 40 with a virulent form of cancer in 2010, Dreher was moved by the way the community...
Reflections on the Psalms
Some of my favorite things about this wonderful little book by my favorite author:
1. Right away, he takes on the difficult, hard-to-stomach psalms, the ones about such things as dashing the Babylonian babies against the stones. Hard stuff. I'm sure I would have avoided it.
2. This...
| Author | Mary Oliver |
| ISBN | 0807068969 |
Thirst, a collection of forty-three new poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, introduces two new directions in the poet's work. Grappling with grief at the death of the love of her life and partner of over forty years, the remarkable photographer Molly Malone Cook, she strives to experience...
| Author | Marie Howe |
| ISBN | 0393041999 |
The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, Marie Howe, 68pp. We need more poetry, all of us. Buy this little book.
My Mother's Body
Bless my mother's body, the first song of her beating
heart and her breathing, her voice, which I could dimly hear,
grew louder. From inside her body I heard...
| Author | Mary Karr |
| ISBN | 0060776544 |
Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought...
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
| Author | Eric Metaxas |
| ISBN | 0061173002 |
Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759–1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.
At the center of this...
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0007461259 |
‘The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this.’
This is the key statement of ‘Miracles’, in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in...
Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life
| Author | Eric Metaxas |
| ISBN | 0525954422 |
An inspiring and eye-opening exploration of the phenomenon of miracles from the New York Times #1 bestselling author of Bonhoeffer.
What are miracles, and why do so many people believe in them? What do they tell us about ourselves? And what do we do with experiences that we cannot explain?
In ...
7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
| Author | Eric Metaxas |
| ISBN | 1595554696 |
In Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.
Written...
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
| Author | Claudia Rankine |
| ISBN | 1555974074 |
In this powerful sequence of TV images and essay, Claudia Rankine explores the personal and political unrest of our volatile new century.
I forget things too. It makes me sad. Or it makes me the saddest. The sadness is not really about George W. or our American optimism; the sadness lives in the...
