Poetry for Cats by Henry Beard

Poetry for Cats by Henry Beard

Ever since I was 10 years old, I d felt myself yearning to 'go astray.' For me, that didn t mean drinking and cavorting with boys; it meant being myself without fear. from the book

What happens when a trained singer who grew up in a house of vowels finds that her voice is not her own? What happens when a woman loses the Mormon faith of her childhood and abandons the rituals she s always known? What does a woman, already married for thirteen years by her early thirties, do when she realizes she has been lying for years? How does one sing, with grace, from the heart?

In the spirit of Mary Catherine Bateson s Composing a Life and Kathleen Norris s Cloister Walk, Heidi Hart s luminous memoir retraces her search for an opening to her heart s path. She finds that the religious life of her Latter-day Saint family which includes a revered General Authority robs her of her voice and her spirit. When she discovers Catharine, a mute, Quaker ancestor, Hart begins a vital journey a journey blessed by her devout and devoted husband; a journey that leads her as she studies Zuni mythology, Jewish tradition, Benedictine monastic ritual, Emily Dickinson, and Saint Hildegard of Bingen a journey that leads her to a place that feels like home: the company of Friends, the Quaker community of Salt Lake City.

With grace and lyricism, Hart shares the private, personal wisdom she has earned in her community of friends, a community that embraces silences and dissonance, a place where she can't keep from singing.

Henry Beard attended Harvard University and was a member of the Harvard Lampoon. He went on to found the National Lampoon with Douglas Kenney and served as its editor during the magazine's heyday in the 1970s. He has written numerous bestselling humor books.

Christopher Cerf is an American author, composer-lyricist, voice actor, and record and television producer. He was a founding contributor to National Lampoon and is known for his musical contributions to Sesame Street, for co-creating and co-producing the award-winning PBS literacy education television program Between the Lions, and for his humorous articles and books.

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ISBN 13	9780679435822
ISBN 10	0679435824
Titel	Poetry for Cats
Autor	Henry Beard
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Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	1994-10-25
Seitenanzahl	86
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