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Erdrich, Louise.

Baptism of desire : poems / Louise Erdrich.

1st ed.

New York : Harper & Row, ©1989.

78 pages ; 24 cm

"A second book of poetry by Louise Erdrich, author of the bestselling and award winning novels Love Medicine, The Beet Queen and Tracks. Baptism by blood, water, or desire is necessary for salvation in Roman Catholic tradition, and baptism of desire in the term used for the leap of trust by which a sincere believer can experience spiritual regeneration. Louise Erdrich's poems are acts of redemption. Everywhere evident is Erdrich's unique capacity for finding the perfect word, the fresh, yet absolutely right, metaphor that makes her work both profound and accessible."--Amazon.com.

Christian poetry, American.

Christian poetry, American

Poetry.

Fooling God -- Saint Clare -- Avila -- Immaculate conception -- The savior -- Christ's twin -- Orozco's Christ -- Mary Magdalene -- Angels -- The sacraments -- Rudy comes back -- Mary Kroger -- Poor Clare -- Bidwell ghost -- The kitchen gods -- The Carmelites -- Hydra -- Potchikoo's life after death -- The fence -- Ninth month -- Birth -- Sunflowers -- Translucence -- The glass and the bowl -- Wild plums -- The flight -- The return -- The flood -- Owls -- The ritual.

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