Sanctuary

by Patricia Monaghan

Patricia Monaghan was Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at De Paul University, Chicago. Her several Irish related works include, Irish Pagan, Celtic, Christian, Global, an international collection of essays which she compiled and edited for Wolfhound Press in 2001. Her poetry collection Dancing with Chaos (SalmonPoetry, 2002) notably delights in the entanglements of the human and personal in poetry and science. Patricia was honored with a Pushcart Prize, the Paul Gruchow Nature Writing award, and the Friends of Literature award for poetry. She and her husband, Michael McDermott, founded The Black Earth Institute, a writers & artists think-tank whose current Fellows come from all over North America and Ireland, and she was vice-President of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology as well as a lecturer for the Women's theological Institute. Patricia died on 11 November 2012. "Her great gift for sparkling visual description combine to make this book as refreshing and bone-deep satisfying as a draught of cold spring water."--Booklist, Dec. 1, 2013

Genres: Poetry

88 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 2013

About the author

Patricia Monaghan was a poet, a writer, a spiritual activist, and an influential figure in the contemporary women's spirituality movement.

Reviews

[Michaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Patricia Monaghan never fails to touch one's heart. The world lost a great person with her passing. I related more to the poems in the latter half of the book tied to the Blue Mounds area, as I should. Miss you Patricia.

[Kai Metcalfe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the simple words and the vibrant descriptions of place, plant and animal. Would love to read more of her books

[Cee Spind · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved "how to confess," "grace at table," and "the year in apples." Otto liked the bird ones, and then was banned from feathered friends (by us) for being weird and bulldozery.