This new edition of Charlotte Barr's Sister Woman is poetry for these dire times. Neither pedantic poesis nor devotional poetry of an inferior kind. This is poetry that reaches into the deepest-and highest-parts of our being, rejuvenating our souls and "redeeming them from the plaque of . . . over-habitual miasma," as the new foreword reminds us. This is no ordinary collection but rather one of the true maker's art, requiring a vigilance and commitment often found lacking in today's culture. We are indeed blessed to be made aware of grace in the nooks and crannies of the heart.
