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Home is a poignant, curated collection of one hundred evocative poems and prose fragments exploring the complex and layered concept of home. Edited by the esteemed poet Christian Wiman, the selections span diverse eras and geographies, capturing home as a place, a feeling, a language, a grief, and a god. The anthology weaves themes of rootedness and roaming, security and precarity, offering readers a rich meditation on home’s theological, literary, philosophical, social, and political dimensions. Created during quarantine, it stands as a powerful vision for an imaginative home that embraces even the most homeless among us.
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This collection is well suited for readers interested in contemporary poetry, literary exploration of identity and belonging, and those seeking thoughtful reflection on the idea of home during challenging times.

Evocative poems and prose fragments about home, selected by one of the most celebrated poets of our time

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Evocative poems and prose fragments about home, selected by one of the most celebrated poets of our time

In this poignant collection, Christian Wiman draws together one hundred evocative poems and prose fragments about home, exploring home’s deep theological, literary, philosophical, historical, political, and social dimensions. Wiman calls home “a house, a country, a language, a love, a longing, a grief, a god.” It’s “a word that disperses into more definitions than one book can contain.”

The tensions between diffusion and concentration, roaming and rootedness, precarity and security are everywhere in this book, often in the same poem. Ranging from early modernism to the current moment, and from southern Africa to the Arctic Circle, the selections are as diverse as the poets included. Collectively they envision an imaginative home for even the most homeless of modern readers.

Completed entirely during quarantine, amid the miseries of separation and isolation, the collection offers a powerful vision of home as both a place and a way.

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Carolyn Forché praises the book as one of "longing, yes, and also spiritual discernment, political awareness, historical memory, and deep intimacy."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300253450

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 January 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Contributors:

Edited by Christian Wiman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 264

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Christian Wiman is Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts at Yale Divinity School. He is the author, editor, or translator of more than ten books, including Joy: 100 Poems.