Reading the Bible Backwards

Name: Reading the Bible Backwards
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Priest
ISBN: 9781773057439

Author: Robert Priest

Narrator: Robert Priest

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 01/30/2022

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Canadian Poetry

Synopsis

Reverse engineering the word, meme splicing, morpheme replacement therapy, phonetic modifications: these are some of the techniques in play throughout Reading the Bible Backwards, the lyrical thought experiments that make up this eagerly anticipated new collection of poems by Robert Priest. By throwing the Bible and other cultural narratives on the turntable and spinning them backwards, Priest unleashes surprisingly new but strangely familiar music and meaning. Whether the movements are sideways, inverted, or omni-directional, his satire has never been sharper — or darker. Ultimately, though, Priest’s lyric voice has never been more finely tuned or elegant, especially in the wonderfully groundbreaking “I Love You Forwards” poems that afford this book its remarkable balance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph on January 15, 2022

Reading the Bible Backwards by Robert Priest and read by the author is a collection of poetry with a unique perspective on how we see things. Priest is a literary poet in the tradition of Neruda and Mayakovsky, a composer of lush love poems, a singer-songwriter, a widely quoted aphorist, a children'......more

Goodreads review by Dylan on January 19, 2022

NetGalley and the publisher, ECW Press, provided me with a review copy. Reading the Bible Backwards is an experimental poetry collection that examines, dissects, and recreates Biblical and cultural narratives. It takes a serious look at how these narratives have impacted our society and asks question......more

Goodreads review by Skyler on April 19, 2022

Thank you to Robert Priest, ECW Press Audio, and Netgalley for this audio-ARC in exchange for an honest review! I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the narrator of this work is actually the author! Robert Priest does a great job narrating his poetry. His voice is expressive without coming of......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on October 23, 2024

I wanted this to be better. MEME poems are garbage.......more

Goodreads review by Davelowusa on October 31, 2009

A few really interesting and well-realized poems, but most of these "experiments" in, if not syntax then ordering, are abortive.......more