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God Particles displays the distinctive originality and unpredictability that prompted the Washington Post Book World to name Lux one of this generation's most gifted poets. A satiric edge, tempered by profound compassion, cuts through many of the poems in Lux's book. While themes of intolerance, inhumanity, loss, and a deep sense of mortality mark these poems, a lighthearted grace instills even the somberest moments with unexpected sweetness. In the title poem Lux writes, "there's no reason for God to feel guilt / I think He was downhearted, weary, too weary / to be angry anymore . . . / He wanted each of us, / and all the things we touch . . . / to have a tiny piece of Him / though we are unqualified, / of even the crumb of a crumb." Dark, humorous, and strikingly imaginative, this is Lux's most compassionate work to date.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780618931828
  • ISBN-10: 0618931821
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Publish Date: March 2008
  • Dimensions: 9.08 x 6.36 x 0.56 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.66 pounds
  • Page Count: 80

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