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"The Necessary Poetics of Atheism" collects poems and essays by three award-winning contemporary poets who demonstrate how atheism informs their poetics: as "a vehicle of political protest" in the work of Mart n Espada, as a form of activism and secular goodness in Lauren Marie Schmidt's poems, and ... Read More about The Necessary Poetics of Atheism: Essays and Poems

In Filthy Labors, Lauren Marie Schmidt draws on personal observations from her position as a poetry teacher at a shelter for homeless mothers, as well as her own roles as daughter and sister through times of family turmoil. She condemns the indignities suffered by the poor and the powerless and prai... Read More about Filthy Labors: Poems