A Miniature Cathedral and Other Poems [Paperback]

Walter Wangerin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harpercollins (April 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060692642
• ISBN-13: 978-0060692643
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,227,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of the most gifted writers writing today on the issues of faith and spirituality. Starting with the renowned Book of the Dun Cow, Wangerin's writing career has encompassed most every genre: fiction, essay, short story, children's story, meditation, and biblical exposition. His writing voice is immediately recognizable, and his fans number in the millions. The author of over forty books, Wangerin has won the National Book Award, New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year Award, and several Gold Medallions, including best-fiction awards for both The Book of God and Paul: A Novel. He lives in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Miniature Poetry, October 31, 2009

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This review is from: A Miniature Cathedral and Other Poems (Paperback)

This book was frankly a disappointment. With Wangerin's beautiful prose, I expected beautiful poetry. What I got was often doggerel with cliched rhymes and nothing new to say. It is reminiscent of Madeleine L'Engles' poetry, both in rhyme and free verse, but shows considerably less skill (and L'Engle herself was no poetic genius). For all that, there are a few interesting ideas, an occassionally brilliant line; and (surprisingly considered his other verse) he was something of a master of the sonnet. The poems in this book are only occassionally the religious or mythopoeic on might expect from Wangerin, and certainly not strong enough to be a reason for purchase. If you are interested in the sonnet as an artform, get this book; if not, let it go.