From the prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Liars’ Club comes the paperback edition of her fourth and most recent collection of poetry, published to coincide with the hardcover release of her newest memoir, Lit
“What gives Sinners Welcome its sharp edge is the poet’s eloquently passionate struggle at the junction of doubt and devotion.”
—Judith Kitchen, Washington Post
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- Harper Perennial
- Carton Qty: 140
- Selling Territory: USCOM
- 15,000
- PUBLISHING HISTORY
- Harper (hc) (9780060776541)
- On Sale: 11/3/2009
- Poetry
- pb 9780060776565 $12.99 ($16.99)
- 112 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
• Mary Karr spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller lists with her memoirs The Liars’ Club and Cherry.
• Harper will publish Karr’s new memoir, Lit, in November 2009.
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Lit
Mary Karr
- Hardcover
- 9780060596989
- 11/3/2009
- $25.99 ($33.99)
Lit LP
Mary Karr
- Large Print
- 9780061885471
- 11/3/2009
- $25.99 ($33.99)
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"So much trickery has been got up to in relgion's name that it's natural to get nervous when a writer starts talking about salvation, but Karr never tries to substitute faith for sound poetic practices. If anything, by adding prayer, she just makes the poems that much stronger."
- David Kirby, New York Times
“What gives Sinners Welcome its sharp edge is the poet’s eloquently passionate struggle at the junction of doubt and devotion.”
- Judith Kitchen, Washington Post
"Fans of the smart-mouthed hell-raiser need not fear. Karr brings the same unstinting truth-telling sensibility to her spiritual concerns as she has to her earthly struggles."
- Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Sinners Welcome mixes her beloved stories from the wrong side of the tracks with new notes of care and forgiveness and pure, often angry, hymns to God. . . . It’s a daring mix. Before she had her fists up; now she strips herself bare, a far braver act.”
- Laurel Maury, Los Angeles Times
"Searing, not sentimental."
- Sam Hodges, Dallas Morning News