A dynamic blend of history, science, psychology, dreams, and visions, Deborah DeNicola's memoir is a compelling account of self-discovery that is provocative and humble. A poet, dream analyst, and college professor DeNicola writes about her struggle to live in the ordinary world of academia while honoring the competing call of the creative and the spiritual. DeNicola's memoir shows her range of intellectual pursuits and spiritual experiences as she battles an inner war between depressive cynicism and faith and shares her lifelong search to heal the trauma of her father's tragic death when she was a teenager. Struggles between cynicism and faith, depression and hope, independence and attachment, creativity and financial security in the midst of spiritual searching, motherhood, teaching and writing are inextricably woven into the fabric of her story. Sharing the process of her awakening and how dreams and visions guide her, DeNicola stirs readers to listen courageously to their own inner voices. Her visionary quest takes her to the American West, Israel, and Southern France. Along the way she weaves together references from the Bible and the Gnostic Gospels, the story of Mary Magdalene, medieval history, the Templar Knights, the Black Madonnas, String Theory and quantum physics to find the repeated linkage between divinity and humanity.
The speakers of Deborah DeNicola’s Original Human are fallen from grace, dimly—and poignantly—recalling the days of paradise: We asked for this and then forgot. Eden, hidden how behind the veil that fell. Or so we think...and thought creates— the glass darkly.
Poetry. "DeNicola's debut, divided into four very different sections, is jarring, sensuous, and intelligent. She includes biblical and classical allusions, history, and nature but balances the collection with personal pieces focusing on adolescent sexual awakening, leaky faucets, and even a cold sore (1A bit of rosy leprosy on the upper lip. / The kiss of a tropical sun, that / overzealous lover, your burgeoning religion'). Her elegant writing suits the subjects she chooses as she skillfully uncovers common truths in minor matters. Thanks to DeNicola's wit and liveliness, mythical figures like Demeter rise from the page, and Eve finally gets a fair trial when DeNicola brings her back to life. These are poems of art, myth, and history infused with a singing spirituality that makes us eagerly await their author's next collection"--Elizabeth Gunderson, Booklist.
A dynamic blend of history, science, psychology, dreams, and visions, Deborah DeNicola's memoir is a compelling account of self-discovery that is provocative and humble. A poet, dream analyst, and college professor DeNicola writes about her struggle to live in the ordinary world of academia while honoring the competing call of the creative and the spiritual. DeNicola's memoir shows her range of intellectual pursuits and spiritual experiences as she battles an inner war between depressive cynicism and faith and shares her lifelong search to heal the trauma of her father's tragic death when she was a teenager. Struggles between cynicism and faith, depression and hope, independence and attachment, creativity and financial security in the midst of spiritual searching, motherhood, teaching and writing are inextricably woven into the fabric of her story. Sharing the process of her awakening and how dreams and visions guide her, DeNicola stirs readers to listen courageously to their own inner voices. Her visionary quest takes her to the American West, Israel, and Southern France. Along the way she weaves together references from the Bible and the Gnostic Gospels, the story of Mary Magdalene, medieval history, the Templar Knights, the Black Madonnas, String Theory and quantum physics to find the repeated linkage between divinity and humanity.
Poetry. "DeNicola's debut, divided into four very different sections, is jarring, sensuous, and intelligent. She includes biblical and classical allusions, history, and nature but balances the collection with personal pieces focusing on adolescent sexual awakening, leaky faucets, and even a cold sore (1A bit of rosy leprosy on the upper lip. / The kiss of a tropical sun, that / overzealous lover, your burgeoning religion'). Her elegant writing suits the subjects she chooses as she skillfully uncovers common truths in minor matters. Thanks to DeNicola's wit and liveliness, mythical figures like Demeter rise from the page, and Eve finally gets a fair trial when DeNicola brings her back to life. These are poems of art, myth, and history infused with a singing spirituality that makes us eagerly await their author's next collection"--Elizabeth Gunderson, Booklist.
“Devilishly sharp… a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description.” —Kirkus Reviews An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy—a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flair that made her the darling of men and women alike. Married to the son of a renowned Italian family with ties to the underworld, Dorothy fervently eschewed motherhood and domesticity, turning Deborah over to her spinster aunts to raise while she was the star of a vibrant social life. As a child, Deborah revered her charismatic mother, but Dorothy was a woman full of secrets with a troubled past—a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughter’s grasp. In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturday’s Child tells the story of Deborah’s eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parents’ death, to uncover the truth about her mother and their complex relationship. No longer under the spell of her maternal goddess, but still caught in a wrenching cycle of love and longing, Deborah must finally confront the reality of her mother’s legacy—and finally claim her own.
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