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Yoke & feather : essays / Jessie Van Eerden.

Van Eerden, Jessie, 1979- (author.).

Summary:

A collection of braided essays that explores the concept of the everyday sacred. The essays delve into various experiences, including blessings for events like a demolition derby and a public-school lice check, a canoe trip through Boquillas Canyon on the Rio Grande, and a visit to the kitchen of biblical sisters Mary and Martha, who welcome an unexpected foster daughter.

Record details

ISBN: 9780984213368
ISBN: 0984213368
Physical Description: 195 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Dzanc Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- I. A blessing book: Meet me at the Dollar General across from the Family Dollar ; Blessing for the lice check ; Bless the smallest hollow : on longing & online dating ; When the spirit intercedes with sighs unutterable ; What I want your voice to do ; Blessing for homecoming ; Sunday morning coming down ; When sex is hard for Christian girls ; Blessing for the demolition derby ; A story of Mary & Martha taking in a foster girl ; Blessing for the inconsolable -- II. We slip sluiceward: When I dream us into the Book of Ruth ; Mercy's small engine ; A thousand faces ; When I dreamed my child's first day of school ; When the season is fitting ; Answer when you're called ; Screenporch as prayer ; As if already always ; Once, little lion -- III. When oxen dream of oxen.