God is in the Cracks
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"There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in," writes Leonard Cohen, and that's the source, the inspiration for the title poem of this new book, now in its second printing. "God is in the Cracks: A Narrative in Voices" (Black Moss Press) draws on two earlier books, Rosicrucian in the Basement and Heavenly Sex. The poems in God is in the Cracks are sequenced to form a narrative spanning 60 years (1945- present) and are best read in the order printed. Read also by Garrison Keillor on the Writers' Almanac (a better reading than my own...).
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These are such, sad, generous poems--peopled with characters it's impossible not to love, especially Robert's podiatrist-Jewish-Rosicrucian father with his wisdom that bridges dualities expounding on the feet and the soul, sex and death, the broken and the whole. In one poem, Robert asserts, In a world of 'No, dogs are a Yes.' And in the world of poetry, this book is a resounding Yes. Read it when you're happy, but especially read it when you're depressed. You'll find yourself joining in with the many dogs in these poems, saying, 'Woof, woof f----in' woof!”
—Poet Ellen Bass
About Robert
Guggenheim Fellow, chosen by Lucille Clifton for a Villa Montalvo Literary Arts Award, author of more than 20 books, including Four Incarnations (Coffee House Press), Heavenly Sex, God is in the Cracks and The Collected Poems (now in its 2nd printing),...
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Causes Robert Sward Supports
Audubon Society, National Geographic, "Green," the Environment, SPCA...
Robert’s Favorite Books
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Saul Bellow's Adventures of Augie March, Ezra Pound's Make It New, T.S. Eliot's Collected Poems, The Autobiography of Benjamin...
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