Poetry. The twenty-three prose poems of HANDS-ON SAINTS create a revisionist hagiography. A chalice crafted of lesser metals, a taste of redemption in an unlikely mixture of sacred and profane. Saints outside the canon, unbeatified and bruised, coarse and clueless, deserving of heaven for their very flaws; as well as authorized saints, who offer dubious rewards at a terrible cost. An occasion of grace manifest in sacraments of rupture and awe.
Author Hometown: ASHEVILLE, NC USA
About the author: Holly Iglesias is the author of ANGLES OF APPROACH, Souvenirs of a Shrunken World, and a critical work, BOXING INSIDE THE BOX: WOMEN'S PROSE POETRY.
