01746cam a2200313 i 4500 1041334181 TxAuBib 20231219120000.0 230626s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023026123 9780374603458 HRD 30.00 0374603456 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Wiman, Christian, 1966-, author. Zero at the bone [BOOK] : fifty entries against despair / Christian Wiman. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. x, 306 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. "Christian Wiman, an award-winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre-defying work, an indivisible blend of poetry, criticism, theology, and searing memoir. Zero at the Bone begins with Wiman’s preoccupation with despair, and through fifty brief pieces, he unravels its seductive appeal. The book is studded with the poetry and prose of writers who inhabit Wiman’s thoughts, and the voices of Wallace Stevens, Lucille Clifton, Emily Dickinson, and others join his own. At its heart and Wiman’s, however, are his family―his young children (who ask their own invaluable questions, like “Why are you a poet? I mean why?”), his wife, and those he grew up with in West Texas." -Provided by publisher. 20231219. Essays. Poetry. Creative nonfiction. Literary criticism.