“The Acolyte” by Nancy Hightower: Rewriting the Story Through Poems
It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the fundamentalist tradition: the Bible, a book commonly taught to children, is filled with R‑rated horrors that would seem more at home in a Tarantino movie than a bedtime story. A twice-widowed woman seduces her father-in-law by the side of the road, as blackmail or a bargaining chip. A childless wife offers her […]