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The awful rowing toward God

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9780395203651

The awful rowing toward God is a poetry, féministes book by Anne Sexton.

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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.

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The awful rowing toward God is a Poetry, Féministes, Biography book.

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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 writin...

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The awful rowing toward God was written by Anne Sexton.