Burning Wyclif (Walt Mcdonald First-book Series in Poetry)

'This is probably the best book to come out this year. Not only is this the most beautifully bound book of poetry I think I've ever seen, but Thom Satterlee is obviously a master at his craft' - Suite101.com. 'Thom Satterlee has fashioned a new genre, a contemporary hagiography in verse, primarily narrative but seasoned with lyric occasion. ""Burning Wyclif"" offers a deeply personal, word-savoring vision of a word-afflicted man, with the paradox and mystery one would expect of the life of a heretic and saint' - Scott Cairns, author of ""Compass of Affection: New & Selected Poems"". 'For its lyrical but authoritative evocations of a passionate scholars works and days, and for its formful penetrations into the Word itself the sound and sense/we made in that language/before languages. Thom Satterlees ""Burning Wyclif"" is a remarkable book, first or otherwise, inspired and earned' - William Heyen. 'These poems shine with the desire of a medieval priest. How strange. Yet the book illuminates his conundrums so fiercely that they become ours. Thom Satterlee speaks through the character of Wyclif with such concentrated intelligence, passion, and humor that while I was reading, the historical man seemed to be standing in the room beside me' - Jeanne Murray Walker. 'Most of us recognize the name John Wyclif and associate it with the translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English. Admirers will add that Wyclif was one of the most prominent philosophers and theologians of the second half of the fourteenth century. Others will call him heretic for his condemnation of what he saw as corruption in the Catholic Church and especially for his attack on the Churchs doctrine of transubstantiation. If we want to know the facts of Wyclifs life, we can consult an encyclopedia or biography. If we want to know John Wyclif, and maybe ourselves, we should read Thom Satterlees poetry collection ""Burning Wyclif""' - Robert A. Fink, from the Introduction ""Burning Wyclif"". Sometimes you