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Poetry by Sallie Bingham

If in Darkness

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Tebot Bach (2010)

If In Darkness (2010)

Sallie Bingham’s third book of poems, dedicated to her mother, is fronted by an image of the Cretan Snake Goddess, the powerful and mysterious Neolithic goddess whose meaning has never been discovered; likewise, these poems range from simple praise of natural beauty to the painful paradoxes of intimate relations. Bingham’s poems offer beauty but no   

The Hub of the Miracle

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Sunstone Press (2006)

The Hub of the Miracle (2006)

Sallie Bingham’s poems seek, always, to connect. The events of ordinary life–walking in the woods around Santa Fe, lighting a fire in a stove–merge with the crises of maturity: death and other losses. Always, the tonic is hope–the hope that springs from a stone, a stream, or a memory of childhood. These short lyrics provide   

 

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The Last Word - KSFR

The Last Word - KSFR

June 10th, 2017
Host Abigail Adler and I discuss women, my family and growing up in the South on The Last Word, KSFR - Santa Fe Public Radio.
St. John's College, Santa Fe: Reading from Doris Duke

St. John's College, Santa Fe: Reading from Doris Duke

March 12th, 2017
My first reading from The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke. The reading took place on March 7, 2017 at St. John's College Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Recent Press

New York Social Diary: Sallie on Women, Philanthropy and Doris Duke - “the greatest woman philanthropist of the 20th century.”

The Blue Box

Available Now From Sarabande Books

“...Bingham's box of documents traverses time, offering insights into a world of women who knew their own minds long before the word feminist was ever considered.”

— Kirkus Reviews

 

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