In Time's Shadow: Stories about Impermanence

by Marilyn Sewell

Minister, author, and activist Marilyn Sewell reflects on the everyday, the places we live and work, the thoughts we all have but hardly ever share, though they may carry the most profound of our human concerns. Using a variety of short literary forms--dramatic monologues, vignettes, letters, prose poems, lists, surrealistic tales--Sewell presents quirky, ironic, and compassionate slices of life that will bring laughter and at the same time take you deeper into the mysteries of existence. Sewell pushes for the thin, startling light beneath the confusion and chaos of our daily living: a woman worries that her cat loves her partner more than her; a man and a woman talk past each other in a therapy session; a lonely woman is distressed because her plant has stopped blooming. Together these short, compelling readings shine a light on the cultural incongruities and inanities which crowd our existence. We love, we lose, we die, and through it all, we ask, "What's it all about?"

Unknown Binding

Published October 1, 2019

About the author

Marilyn Sewell has 10 books in print, including the ground-breaking anthology of women's spiritual poetry, "Cries of the Spirit." Marilyn writes for the spirituality section of Huffington Post. She on the adjunct faculty at Attic Institute, a resource center for writers in Portland, OR, and also teaches at Maitripa, a Buddhist college in Portland. She is the subject of a prize-winning documentary film, "Raw Faith." Her newest book is a memoir, "Raw Faith: Following the Thread," which gives the back story to the film. Marilyn is the Minister Emerita of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR, where she served for 17 years as Senior Minister. She lives on the Willamette River with her husband and her cat Molly.