Yahweh Loves a Desert
The Prophet Poems
9781941106471
64 pages
Square Halo Books
Overview
In a prolonged season of upheaval and personal heartache, the poet Anna A. Friedrich turned to the Bible—and not to the most obviously comforting parts, but to 1 and 2 Kings. There she found two prophets in terrifying settings, debilitating fear, wrestling with God in prayer, and yet continuing to give the LORD their yes. Inhabiting these stories as if her own, Anna gives us the gift of focusing her creative attention on the questions in Elijah and Elisha’s stories in particular—questions she takes onto her own tongue, and then responds here in Yahweh Loves a Desert, a collection of poems Tish Harrison Warren has called “a thing of beauty, craft, mystery, and mercy.” But this volume is much more than a personal reflection by one poet, it’s a sacred invitation to let these biblical questions break into your own life and speak afresh.
Author Bio
Anna A. Friedrich is a poet and Anglican deacon in Boston, where she leads the arts ministry at Church of the Cross. Her first book of poetry, Under the Terebinth, was published in 2024. She was a contributor to Rabbit Room Press’ Every Moment Holy: The Work of the People, and she regularly shares original poetry, kayaking adventure stories, a Bible read-aloud podcast, plus a little earnest theologizing, at AnnaAFriedrich.Substack.com.
