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Hope of Stones

by Anna Elkins
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Anna Elkins' Hope of Stones is a magnificent (I do not use the word lightly) collection-a beautiful, moving, and thought-provoking book of poems. The writing is striking in its control of tone and its precision, unfolding layer after layer of resonance and implication. Three characters: the nun, the architect, the poet who triangulates the relationship. Three different times in history, three different significant endeavors: the architect's Paris below ground that reflects and supports the Paris above; the visionary nun's passionate immersion in the inner mansions of God's Castle; the poet's engagement in the sensuous spirituality of her research. Give this book to everyone you love. No book of poems I've read in a long time more deserves serious, joyful attention and a wide readership. -Jim Peterson, author of Speech Minus Applause "This gorgeous book of contemplative poems refuses to accept an easy division between work and prayer. Here, hope is not a thing with feathers.

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