The Many-Mindedness of Spirit
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Published on 28. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-1-916938-81-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ricky Ray's The Many-Mindedness of Spirit is a profound meditation on the enduring legacy of Brigit Pegeen Kelly, a poet whose work seamlessly weaves mythic imagination with unflinching emotional depth. Far from a mere homage, Ray's exploration reveals the intricate interplay of nature, mortality, and the sublime that animates Kelly's poetry. With luminous prose and sharp insight, he illuminates her rare gift for elevating the ordinary into the extraordinary, creating verses that both awaken and unsettle. More than a celebration, this is a timeless inquiry into the transformative power of art to shape perception and deepen our understanding of the human experience.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
182 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-916938-81-6 (9781916938816)
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Ricky Ray is a disabled poet, critic, essayist and the founding editor of Rascal: A Journal of Ecology, Literature and Art. He is the author of the full-length collection, Fealty (Diode Editions, 2019), and two chapbooks: Quiet, Grit, Glory (Broken Sleep Books, 2020), and The Sound of the Earth Singing to Herself (Fly on the Wall Press, 2020). His awards include the Cormac McCarthy Prize, the Ron McFarland Poetry Prize, and a Liam Rector fellowship. His work appears widely in periodicals and anthologies, including The American Scholar, Verse Daily, Diode Poetry Journal and The Moth. He was educated at Columbia University and the Bennington Writing Seminars, and lives on the outskirts of the Hudson Valley, where he can be found hobbling in the old green hills with his old brown dog, Addie.