Kirjahaku

Julie Sheehan draws from nature guides and self-help books, weaves legal argot and street slang, and fills her work with “muscle, size, shadows, and nuance” (Linda Gregg).

“When Julie Sheehan takes the lyric poem out for a few drinks, everyone winds up talking fast and loose. The lush, agreeably-out-of-style cocktails who take the stage in Bar Book . . . [pull] the reader through this artful, wry, and unlikely book’s tales of hearts on the rocks and hearts surviving.”—Mark Doty

Julie Sheehan's Thaw is the second winner of the annual Poets Out Loud Prize for a book of poetry published each year by Fordham University Press in coordination with Fordham's Poets Out Loud program. Marie Ponsot, the judge for the 2000 Prize, chose Thaw from among nearly 500 manuscripts entered by poets from around the world. Her introduction is included in the volume. The landscape of Thaw is America but the vast field of language is bravely Shakespearian. Sheehan's poems roil through catalpa, maurade through familial and domestic brakes, and, ultimately, brim to the top of the old earthen pot. Everywhere the poems remind that the endless—were we truly able to grasp it—would astonish. Each poem celebrates the ingredients, practice, and serving up of the fugitive mortal banquet, from pudding to bone.

Julie Sheehan's Thaw is the second winner of the annual Poets Out Loud Prize for a book of poetry published each year by Fordham University Press in coordination with Fordham's Poets Out Loud program. Marie Ponsot, the judge for the 2000 Prize, chose Thaw from among nearly 500 manuscripts entered by poets from around the world. Her introduction is included in the volume. The landscape of Thaw is America but the vast field of language is bravely Shakespearian. Sheehan's poems roil through catalpa, maurade through familial and domestic brakes, and, ultimately, brim to the top of the old earthen pot. Everywhere the poems remind that the endless—were we truly able to grasp it—would astonish. Each poem celebrates the ingredients, practice, and serving up of the fugitive mortal banquet, from pudding to bone.

L.O.V.E. is Julie's powerful testimony of deliverance and redemption - a story that unveils the dangers of the New Age's spiritual darkness and the life-transforming power of Christ's love. What happens when the path to self-help and healing leads you deeper into darkness?Julie Sheehan, was a journalist for some of Australia's leading business publications. She seemed to be living the dream. Yet, despite her career achievements, her soul was lost.Drawn into New Age practices in a desperate search for peace and purpose, she sought answers in astrology, self-help, and spiritual guides for over thirty years, yet nothing filled the emptiness.Instead, she found herself trapped in spiritual darkness and deception, longing for a way out that she couldn't find on her own.Then, in a moment of despair, she turned to Jesus-and everything changed.His love shattered the chains of deception, revealing a path of true healing. Following a radical deliverance, wrestling with a stubborn demon, Julie finally experienced a freedom she had never known. For anyone who has felt lost, searching, or held captive by their past, Julie's journey is a beacon of hope and proof that God's grace can reach even the darkest places. This isn't just a story; it's an invitation to discover the freedom and unshakable love that only Jesus can bring.