Jill Peláez Baumgaertner

Jill Peláez Baumgaertner is the Century's poetry editor. Her recent collection of poetry is My Father's Bones.

Articles by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner

Books

Reading God’s Handwriting

Poems

By Philip C. Kolin

Six Sundays Toward a Seventh

By Sydney Lea

A Thousand Vessels

By Tania Runyan

The Ninety-Third Name of God

By Anya Krugovoy Silver

The Open Door

100 Poems, 100 Years of Poetry Magazine

Edited by Don Share and Christian Wiman

Poetry chronicle

Jan 02, 2013 reviewed by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner

Philip C. Kolin is one of the growing tribe of very fine Christian poets whose work has often been sequestered in the limited venues of independent publishers. His newest collection is a beautifully printed, small hardcover volume that fits comfortably in the palm of the hand. But these are not small or comfortable poems.

Books

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry (5 volumes)

Jeffrey Gray, James McCorkle and Mary McAleer Balkun, eds.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry (5 volumes)

Aug 22, 2006 reviewed by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner
This encyclopedia provides a surprisingly complete collection of entries on American poetry and poets from the early colonial to the contemporary era. Included are both major and lesser-known poets and several writers whose work has appeared in the Christian Century.
Books

Ghost Pain

Sydney Lea

Deaths and Transfigurations: Poems

Paul Mariani

Hints of redemption

Feb 21, 2006 reviewed by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner
Poetry reviews appear in religious journals more rarely than poems, and poems are rare enough. This absence is not because poetry of interest to readers of these journals is in short supply.
Books

The Poems of Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams

The Poems of Rowan Williams

Oct 18, 2005 reviewed by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner
Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury since 2002, is the first Welshman in 1,000 years to hold the office. A theologian of some renown, he has stirred up controversy with his outspoken position in support of the ordination of gay clergy and various other liberal causes.
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