The Wall & Beyond

by Joanna Kurowska

Overview

Sometimes it feels you are hitting the wall. Reality differs from dreams. Someone has broken your heart. People seem indifferent. Suffering challenges the very idea of a loving God… You construct a protective “wall,” imaginary or real; hoping it will keep out the world that seems so cruel. Depicting the many symbolic “walls” we build to separate ourselves from others, <i>The Wall & Beyond</i> shows that, in the end, love sustains us, beyond suffering, beyond beliefs.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015495157
Publisher:	eLectio Publishing
Publication date:	10/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	176 KB

About the Author

JOANNA KUROWSKA published poetry in American Tanka, Apple Valley Review, Bateau, Christianity & Literature, Concise Delight, Dappled Things, The Green Door (forthcoming), Illuminations, International Poetry Review, ken*again, New York Quarterly (forthcoming), Oklahoma Review, Penwood Review, Room Magazine, Solo Novo, Strong Verse, Vineyards, and Write From Wrong Magazine. Her poetry collection Inclusions is forthcoming from Červená Barva Press. Previously, Joanna published two books of poetry in Poland, Ściana : The Wall, 1997; and Obok : Near, 1999). Her Polish poems appeared also in journal publications, including Kultura (Paris) and Fraza (Rzeszów, Poland). Joanna holds a doctorate in literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2007) and her critical works appeared in Anglican Theological Review, The Conradian (forthcoming); Joseph Conrad Today, NewPages, Sarmatian Review, Slavic and East European Journal, and elsewhere. She has taught at American universities, including Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, and the University of Chicago.

Editorial Reviews

I have just finished reading Joanna Kurowska's new book of poems titled "The Wall and Beyond". Of the 53 poems in this book only four of them address the wall directly, however they set the stage for the remaining poems which question the larger subject of man's humanity and his relationship with faith. These poems make you think and maybe question some of your long held beliefs. One of the great things about these poems is that Ms. Kurowska has managed to distill these thoughts down to their pu

Amazon.com - John Brownell

My first electronic book of poetry. Read it on my iPad and on my iPhone. Not only didn't this impair the experience, but it added something unique to it. Kurowska's poems are all meditative - openings into eternity. So, in the middle of a busy day, I'd read a poem or two and calm down, smile, let an image possess my imagination.

"Don't worry / I have not come / to yell the names of things unknown / into your ear // I will not be / attaching beard to God's face / or putting glasses on yo

Amazon.com - K Mitova