Divine Honors
Poems
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Published:1st Apr '21
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This poignant collection of poems reflects Hilda Raz’s journey through breast cancer, exploring themes of courage, creativity, and transformation while confronting chaos and redefining concepts of self and existence.
"Divine Honors" is a poignant collection of poems by Hilda Raz that explores her personal battle with breast cancer. Through her journey, she shares the emotional landscape of her experience, covering everything from the initial shock of diagnosis to the challenges of chemotherapy and the reality of mastectomy. The collection is a testament to her resilience, capturing a spectrum of emotions including denial, humor, grief, and anger.
Raz's poetry is both accessible and intricately crafted, allowing readers to connect deeply with her narrative. Each poem serves as a reflection of her determination to impose order on the chaos of illness. She navigates complex themes, seeking to redefine concepts such as good and evil, health and blame, and personal boundaries. This exploration ultimately leads her to a new understanding of self, showcasing the transformative power of creativity in the face of adversity.
The poems in "Divine Honors" are not only personal reflections but also universal documents of change and resilience. They invite readers to witness Raz's journey and to consider their own experiences with transformation and healing. Through her eloquent verses, she creates a bridge between her inner world and the outer realities of life, making her work a profound exploration of what it means to confront and accept the complexities of existence.
“Transgressive and transcendent, Hilda Raz’s . . . poems are intimately involved with the physical, corporeal world, and constantly making the leap of faith necessary to its reembodiment in words. These poems push the boundaries of what language can do to enunciate perception. Their beauty, their clarity, their mystery equally compel.”—Marilyn Hacker
“In Divine Honors we’re in for a head-on collision with grief, the inescapable fact of cancer. Raz conveys joy and hope and love of others and of the natural world turned into poetry, after that horrible discovery and ordeal. The best of the poems are breathtaking—the sensuous imagery, the sounds she repeats for the pleasure of reading, and the surprising juxtaposition of images. I love this book of poems—grief and longing turned into poetry.”—Walter McDonald
“Divine Honors is a rare book, one that does honor to its subject and transcends it at the same time. An unflinching account of the cost and the effects of breast cancer, Divine Honors illuminates much more about a women’s life that has, mysteriously, remained shadowy in so many other accounts of women’s lives. Few books change your way of viewing the world. This one does.”—Susan Fromberg Schaffer
ISBN: 9781496228154
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120 pages