{"product_id":"9781934414910","title":"Theophobia","description":"Author: Bruce Beasley\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781934414910\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Sep 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheophobia\u003c\/i\u003e is the latest volume in Bruce Beasley's ongoing spiritual meditation which forms a kind of postmodern devotional poetry in a reinvention of the tradition of John Donne, George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and T. S. Eliot. \u003ci\u003eTheophobia\u003c\/i\u003e is structured around a series of poems called \"Pilgrim's Deviations\" and forms a deviant and deviating pilgrimage through science, history, politics, and popular culture. Beasley seeks the Biblical Kingdom of God among Dolly the cloned sheep, the wonders and horrors of extremophilic creatures living in astonishing intensities of temperature, robotic phone operators, and Wikipedia's explanation of the mysteries of the Holy Spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Beasley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six poetry collections, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Corpse Flower: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Washington Press, 2007). He has won fellowships from the NEA and the Artist Trust of Washington and three Pushcart Prizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for The Washington State Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Poetry Northwest's Notable Books of 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925047328926,"sku":"ING-9781934414910","price":28.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781934414910.jpg?v=1782958202","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781934414910","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}