Book description
In Outside the Frame, Catherine Pritchard Childress gives full-throated voice to those who are historically silenced, while bearing witness to a complex culture that both perpetuates that silence and cries out to be heard and to be seen. Seeking to subvert tradition in the pursuit of truth, these poems move…
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1 author picked Outside the Frame as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What I loved most about this collection of free verse persona poetry were the poems about women in the Bible.
I found certain lines sticking with me, such as “I danced,” reflecting the cavalier attitude King Herod’s step-daughter Salome had regarding her part in the beheading of John the Baptist. The author was also thought-provoking in her viewpoint of motives for women such as Bathsheba.
The rest of the book is filled with poems about the author, Childress, growing up in Appalachia. However, the biblical women poems, in my opinion, are among the best I have read in this sub-genre.
From Christine's list on Christian books that reveal the emotional heart of Bible women.
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