JONESTOWN: A VEXATION
$18.00
Carmen Gillespie
Winner of the 2011 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
“Voyages in an Intellectual Territory, much like any Space Trip to the Heavens or Ocean Voyage beneath the seas, take courage, fortitude. patience and perhaps a bit of luck in finding the right questions at the right times-Loaves and fishes for some; two days food and water supply for others; vexations of the how and why kind. Human questions of the greatest dimensions asking how can we be, how can we stay: strong; human. For two thousand years we have troubled our spirits to define the Man from Galilee; for over two months the world cheered 33 miners. And Carmen Gillespie has turned her hand and mind to the puzzle of Jonestown. What a triumph! A great mind exploring a great complexity. And aren’t we all the better for her journey? And isn’t this a journey we all need to understand. The elements are there to help uncover mysteries of the Human Spirit. JONESTOWN: A VEXATION is a much needed book.”
Nikki Giovanni ~ Poet
