The awful rowing toward God

Sexton's eighth collection of poetry is entitled The Awful Rowing Toward God. The title came from her meeting with a Roman Catholic priest who, although unwilling to administer last rites, told her "God is in your typewriter." This gave the poet the desire and willpower to continue living and writing. The Awful Rowing Toward God and The Death Notebooks are among her final works and both centre on the theme of dying.

Year

1975

Language

English

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Editions

1

Pages

85

ISBN

9780395203651

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