Poetry. Sixty-three contributors, including Kim Addonizio, Sherman Alexie, Mary Karr, Maxine Kumin, Molly Peacock, Hal Sirowitz, Virgil Suarez and James Tate. Foreword by Dan Wakefield. "There is nothing irreverent in true poetic imagination: No matter what experience these writers have of Jesus, they honor their visions. This marvelous anthology rescues Jesus from religious fundamentalists of all kinds, restoring Him to His rightful place as a force for tolerance, acceptance and inspiration.
Nick Carbo was born in the Philippines and raised in Manila. He is the author of Secret Asian Man (Tia Chucha Press, 2000) and El Grupo McDonald's (Tia Chucha Press, 1995) and the editor of Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry (Coffee House Press, 1996). Among his awards are fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundations of the Arts.
Denise Duhamel's books of poetry include Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001), The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999) and Kinky (Orchises Press, 1997). Her work has been anthologized in four volumes of The Best American Poetry (2000, 1998, 1994 and 1993). She teaches poetry at Florida International University in Miami.