Where Divinity Begins [Paperback]

Deborah DeNicola (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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DeNicola's debut, divided into four very different sections, is jarring, sensuous, and intelligent. She includes biblical and classical allusions, history, and nature but balances the collection with personal pieces focusing on adolescent sexual awakening, leaky faucets, and even a cold sore ("A bit of rosy leprosy on the upper lip. / The kiss of a tropical sun, that / overzealous lover, your burgeoning religion"). Her elegant writing suits the subjects she chooses as she skillfully uncovers common truths in minor matters. Thanks to DeNicola's wit and liveliness, mythical figures like Demeter rise from the page, and Eve finally gets a fair trial when DeNicola brings her back to life. These are poems of art, myth, and history infused with a singing spirituality that makes us eagerly await their author's next collection. Elizabeth Gunderson

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Alice James Books (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882295021
• ISBN-13: 978-1882295029
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,816,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Deborah DeNicola's most recent publication is her collection of poems, Original Human from WordTech Communications, 2010. Her spiritual memoir The Future That Brought Her Here, released in June 2009 from Nicholas Hays /IBIS Press reached #1 in Psychology and Social Sciences on Amazon.com. In 2007 Finishing Line Press published Inside Light, a chapbook. Deborah edited the anthology Orpheus & Company; Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology, from The University Press of New England. She was awarded a Poetry Fellowship in 1997 from the National Endowment for the Arts, received The William T. Foley Award in 2000 from America, The Barbara Bradley Award in 1996 from The New England Poetry Club, and a Special Mention from The Pushcart Prizes. Deborah won first prize in 2009 from The Santa Barbara Poetry Contest and first prize from The Packingtown Review 2009 for a critical essay. Her work is included in The Best of the Web Anthology 2008. She also the author of Where Divinity Begins (Alice James Press) and three chapbooks, Harmony of the Next (forthcoming November 2005) which won the Riverstone Chapbook Award, Psyche Revisited (1992), which won the Embers Magazine Chapbook Contest, and Rainmakers (Coyote Love Press ). Deborah DeNicola's poems and reviews have been published in many anthologies and journals such as The North American Review, The Antioch Review, Crab Orchard Review, Fiction International, The Journal, The Boston Book Review, Prairie Schooner, Runes and Orion among others. Deborah trained in Embodied Dream Image Work for 8 years in a group with Dutch Analyst Robert Bosnak. She has taken numerous classes at the C. G. Jung Institutes in Zurich and Boston. A Bread Loaf Scholar (1993), a recipient of fellowships from The MacDowell Colony (1994), The Centrum Foundation (1995), The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1997), and The Vermont Studios (1999). She teaches poetry and dream image workshops in South Florida and reviews poetry for The Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel. Her website is www.intuitivegateways.com