The Book of Genesis is the story of our planet’s beginnings, of Adam and Eve, of Noah and the flood, and then it tracks the nomadic family of Abraham and his descendants, their lineages and predicaments, including their odyssey to the land of Canaan. Readers encounter both an unforgiving God and a merciful God. These dualistic principles are held together in myth and exploration where violence and celebration go hand in hand. There is betrayal, misogyny, hypocrisy, envy, and much confusion about how to live and where to go as generations of families journey forth. Poet Jessica Jacobs has written an exemplary book of poems in conversation with this first book of the Torah. unalone (Four Way Books, 2024) is a contemporary unraveling of many layers of thought and presence as…
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The American Poetry Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2024