Family Latin by Bill Stadick

Bill Stadick writes poems of ironic and sometimes irreverent holiness, pervaded by a strong sense of humor that cuts to the core of human experience.  These are original, in-your-face, punchy poems about life in a fallen but redeemed world.  Stadick’s craft is impeccable, but his poems are more than dexterous exercises.  They delve deeply into the questions, the doubts, the struggles, and the celebrations of the human spirit.

–Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, author of What Cannot Be Fixed and My Father’s Bones

Reading these poems is a bit like listening to jazz—the long vowels, bitten-off consonants, the sudden breaks, the swagger, the language forms a kind of descant to the meaning.  Succinct, at times eschewing punctuation, often chasteningly ironic, the poems bring home their thoughtful conclusions with wit and style.  It’s a book to read and to dwell deep within.

–Jeanne Murray Walker, Author of “Pilgrim, You Find the Path by Walking” (Paraclete Press)