In Mary’s womb, God enters creation—and brings creation back to God Terrance Klein August 15, 2023 “The Visitation,” by Jerónimo Ezquerra, 1737, Wikimedia ...

It’s not surprising, then, that Mary was raped by God. “Consent,” the writer claims, “isn’t really part of the story.” Except consent is not only part of the story — it’s the ...

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD. In Search of the Woman Who Changed History. By Grzegorz Górny and Janusz Rosikon. Ignatius Press. 400 pages; $34.95. To order: Ignatius.com; other books by these authors are ...

Listen to Bill Berkson read “The One God” from his new collection “Expect Delays.” More from Berkson and his conversation with Art Beat in January.. The One God. Once heaven was just a boy ...

Tracy K. Smith is the author of three collections of poetry: "Life on Mars" (Graywolf Press, 2011); Duende (Graywolf, 2007), winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American ...

The poems in Mary Jo Bang’s latest collection, “A Film in Which I Play Everyone,” are full of pleasure, color, sound and light — but also torment.

Mary Oliver's Felicity (Penguin Press, $24.95), forthcoming next month, is a breezy, inviting collection of love poems that celebrates the divine as much as it does the natural world or human ...

Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry 'Mustn't Be Fancy,' Dies At 83 Oliver wasn't always appreciated by critics, but she was still one of the country's most popular poets. In 2012, she told NPR ...

A controversial poem by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy claiming that “God is Gay” is like the writings of the Apostle Paul, an outspoken Church of England bishop has argued.

Reading the poem, you’re not sure if Karr has forgiven him. “Every suicide’s an asshole,” she writes. “There is a good reason I am not/God, for I would cruelly smite the self-smitten.” ...