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Hammer Is the Prayer: Selected Poems Tots_Gift_Guide A NEW YORK TIMES BESTA visionary selection from one of Americas foremost poets One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary American poetry, Christian Wiman has forged a singular style that fuses a vivid and propulsive music with clear eyed realism, wry humor, and visionary lament. In his daring and urgent (The New York Times Book Review) memoir, My Bright Abyss, he asks, What is poetrys role when the world is burning? Hammer Is the Prayer: Selected Poems might be