num_pages: 88
description: The name of the title poem—“Brother a genizah ,” provides a skeleton key to unlock the powerful forces that bind Rick Hilles’s collection. A genizah is a depository, or hiding place, for sacred texts. It performs a double to keep hallowed objects safe and to prevent more destructive forces from circulating and causing further harm. Brother Salvage serves exactly this purpose. The poems are heartrending and incisive, preserving stories and lives that should not be forgotten. Yet, through the poet’s eloquent craft, painful histories and images are beautifully and luminously contained. Like scholars sifting through ancient genizahs in search of spiritual and historical insights, readers immersed in Brother Salvage will find, at the heart of the book, the most sacred hope.
language: English
title: Brother Salvage
titlecomplete: Brother Salvage (Pitt Poetry Series)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 30
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press