How Heavy the Breath of God (Texas Poets, No 5) [Paperback]

Sheryl St. Germain (Author)

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Angels
At The Equator
August Fire
Backyard, November
Big Fish
Blindfolds, Ropes
Building For War
Cholera
Christmas Night, After Making Love
Coastal
The Erotic
Fisherman
Flooded
Flooded Crossing
Guatemala
The Headlights Of God
Hoping For Disaster
In The Garden Of Eden
In The Garden Of Eden, Thinking Of The Beloved
Jungle
Just Say No To Insect Sex
Learning A Language -- For My Father
Looking For Grace In Ecuador
Losing Faith
Mayan Ruins And The Y Summer Camp Counselor
Night Sky With Clothesline
Not Asking
Postcard About The Body
School Bus, Seven A.m.
The Shrimp Peelers
Song Against The Conquistadores
Spring
Street Market, Otavalo
Thinking About Herbs
Tropical
Want
The Weight Of My Country
What The Sea Turtles Know
Why I Went Into The Jungle
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 66 pages
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press; 1st edition (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929398688
• ISBN-13: 978-0929398686
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,701,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A native of New Orleans, Sheryl St. Germain has taught creative writing at The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Knox College and Iowa State University. She currently directs the MFA program in Creative Writing at Chatham University where she also teaches poetry and creative nonfiction. Her work has received several awards, including two NEA Fellowships, an NEH Fellowship, the Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, the Ki Davis Award from the Aspen Writers Foundation, and most recently the William Faulkner Award for the personal essay.

Her books include Going Home, The Mask of Medusa, Making Bread at Midnight, How Heavy the Breath of God, and The Journals of Scheherazade. She has also published a book of translations of the Cajun poet Jean Arceneaux, Je Suis Cadien.A book of lyric essays, Swamp Songs: the Making of an Unruly Woman, was published in 2003 by The University of Utah Press. Her most recent book is Let it Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems, published by Autumn House Press in 2007.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and thought provoking, March 31, 1999

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Darci G. Brown "darsee42" (OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Heavy the Breath of God (Texas Poets, No 5) (Paperback)

Not shy or shallow at all, this collection of poetry is for anyone who loves hard hitting intensely image-driven poetry.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Spiritual Sensuousness, November 8, 2003

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M. ODonnell "poetry editor" (Denton, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Heavy the Breath of God (Texas Poets, No 5) (Paperback)

Sheryl St. Germain explores faith, life, and .... against the backdrop of Latin America. Her poems have a sinuous grace, pulling the reader in with words that roll off the tongue. One can imagine being in Ecuador, Guatamala, and the Mayan ruins. One can imagine being part of the jungle. It is a book that I return to time and time again.