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The Loneliest Monk

by Richard Chess
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781949039719
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Orison Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Orison Books
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  • Pages: 80
  • Original Price: USD 18.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 173 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Jewish

From aleph to bet, "a" to "b," a gap. As wide or as narrow as the gap between the loneliest monk and his neighbor, human or Divine. That's the gap the loneliest monk of Richard Chess's fifth poetry collection seeks to bridge. Who is the loneliest monk? As Chess writes, he's a "monk without a monastery," "a sit without a sangha," "a minyan of one." In other words, he lives outside of traditional settings and belongs to no traditional community. Nevertheless, because hunger troubles his every waking hour, he draws on Judaism and other traditions in his search for ultimate connection. In poems characterized by their wit and wisdom, The Loneliest Monk offers us glimpses of a seeker's life from childhood through early old-age.

Chess, Richard: -

Richard Chess is the author of four previous books of poetry, Love Nailed to the Doorpost, Tekiah, Chair in the Desert, and Third Temple. His poems have appeared in Best American Spiritual Writing, Telling and Remembering: A Century of American Jewish Poetry, and The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary American Jewish Poetry. He is Professor Emeritus at UNC Asheville, where for more than three decades he taught courses in English, Creative Writing, and Jewish Studies. He directed UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies for 30 years and he was active in The Association for the Contemplative Mind in Higher Education. He currently serves on the board of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry.

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