Christian Wiman s feel bad memoir: A review of Zero at the Bone
Zero at the Bone is extraordinary. Just don’t expect it to be...
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Zero at the Bone is extraordinary. Just don’t expect it to be...
Christian Wiman writes that “Nothing kills credibility like excessive enthusiasm. Nothing poisons truth so quickly as an assurance that one has found it.” Certainty is, after all, the opposite of faith.
Christian Wiman says he's no longer afraid of dying. "When death hangs over you for a while, you start to forget about it," he says. Wiman's new book is Zero at the Bone.
It is worthwhile to occasionally step back and take a new look at what may have become ordinary and stale—faith is no exception. The story Christians tell beginning with Advent takes on new meaning when challenged “at the bone.”
In “Zero at the Bone,” the poet discusses love, lament, and living toward a ‘happy ending.’