Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems -- traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent ...

Leila Chatti, a Tunisian-American poet whose father was Muslim and mother Catholic, has written an astounding book of poems. Bold and provocative, Deluge presents intensely physical poems about faith, ...

Joyce Folsom Johnson, of Shapleigh, has launched her new book, "Poems of Faith and Inspiration," and a CD of one of her poems from this collection, "The Fourth of July." Johnson was born in Shapleigh ...

The book of poems, "Rhythmic Religious Logic," was written by the Rev. Joseph Henry Hankerson and other preachers who inspired Hankerson in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was originally published ...

In 1996, Mary Karr converted to Catholicism, a fact likely to intrigue or puzzle readers familiar with her best-selling memoirs "The Liars' Club" and "Cherry," hardscrabble tales of growing up tough ...

John Patrick Acevedo enjoys his progress despite his losses. Acevedo has now published 12 poetry books through Synergy Press, Xlibris US Publishing, and Glasslink Solutions, LLC. In Spirit Nation, ...

“Before I left for Vietnam, my best friend gave me a poem she wrote for me. I kept that poem in a little field Bible that my dad had carried in World War II. I carried it in a plastic bag in my shirt ...