The Resurrection Appearances: Fragments of a Daybook

THE RESURRECTION APPEARANCES: FRAGMENTS OF A DAYBOOK is an account of a grief year, told through narrative, lists, dreams, poetry, fantasy, and recollections of childhood. Beginning after the sudden death of the author's mother, Patty, Resurrection spans the first six months of grief and reaches back to the author's earliest memories. The book has a wide tonal range, encompassing parenting, queerness, prayer, the spiritual possibilities in work for justice, and the meaning of healing from trauma in a voice reminiscent of Emerson Whitney's Heaven and Sophia Shalmiyev's Mother Winter: subtle, sensitive, and restless in its desire for authenticity. Picking through the shambles of grief, RESURRECTION tests the comforts of faith and narrative and attempts to give shape to a life.

Publisher: Gold Line Press
Published: 01/09/2024
Pages: 114
ISBN: 9781938900532

About the Author
Jay Aquinas Thompson (they/he) is a poet, essayist, critic, and teacher who's published work in Neon Door, Passages North, Jubilat, Adroit, Guesthouse, and Poetry Northwest, where they're a contributing editor. They've been awarded grants and fellowships from the Ragdale Foundation, the Community of Writers, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and King County 4Culture. They live with their child in Seattle, where they teach creative writing to public school students and incarcerated women.