The Affirmations by Luke Hathaway Paperback Book 9781771964852

Shortlisted for the 2023 JM Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award amp8226amp160Winner of the 2021 Confederation Poets Prizeamp160amp8226 One of The Times Best Poetry Books of 2022amp160amp8226 A CBC Best Poetry Book of 2022amp160amp8226 Nominated for the 2023 ReLit Award for Poetryamp34a transmystical work of love and changeamp34Ali Blythe author of HymnswitchThe mystics who coined the phrase amp8216the way of affirmation understood the apocalyptic nature of the word yes the way it can lead out of one life and into another Moving among the languages of Christian conversion Classical metamorphosis seasonal transformation and gender transition Luke Hathaway tells the story of the love that rewired his being asking each of us to experience the transfiguration that can follow upon saying yesamp8212with all oneamp8217s heart with all oneamp8217s soul with all oneamp8217s mind with all oneamp8217s strength and with all oneamp8217s body too