Description
After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life, with a poetic collection that shows how to do just that - by writing poetry. Amounting to Nothing is both practical and metaphysical, a puzzling over the ultimate things of life, and a descending on the Benedictine ladder of humility to the earthly creatures surrounding a Kentucky monastery. This is less an exploration in self-knowledge than a forgetting of self in the wonders of everything. Quenon treads bare footed on the margins of mortality and immortality, with wit, thought, and hope.
Author: Paul Quenon
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 04/09/2019
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781640602014
ISBN10: 1640602011
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Literature & the Arts
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Poetry | American | General
Author: Paul Quenon
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 04/09/2019
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781640602014
ISBN10: 1640602011
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Literature & the Arts
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Born in West Virginia, Br. Paul Quenon, OCSO, entered the Trappists in 1958 at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, where Thomas Merton was his Novice Master. He is the author of many poetry collections including Unquiet Vigil, and a recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life.