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A Job who’s read Job
Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
by Kathryn Lopez
The woman who haunts the book of Job
In Diane Glancy’s poetry and prose, the cries of Native Americans echo the laments of Job’s wife.
by Jeffrey Johnson