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Sinners Welcome : Poems
Sinners Welcome Poems
Author: Mary Karr
Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion st...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060776541
ISBN-10: 0060776544
Publication Date: 3/1/2006
Pages: 112
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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The poems in this collection are hit and miss, but I thoroughly enjoyed the essay on poetry and faith. Sinners Welcome is a nice companion piece to Karr's extraordinary 2009 memoir, Lit.


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