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Joseph Bathanti


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Joseph Bathanti was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He came to North Carolina as a VISTA Volunteer in 1976 to work with prison inmates. Bathanti is the author of four books of poetry: Communion Partners; Anson County; The Feast of All Saints; and This Metal, which was nominated for The National Book Award. His first novel, East Liberty, winner of the Carolina Novel Award, was published in 2001. His latest novel, Coventry, won the 2006 Novello Literary Award. They Changed the State: The Legacy of North Carolina’s Visiting Artists, 1971-1995, his book of nonfiction, was published in early 2007. Most recently, his collection of short stories, The High Heart, winner of the 2006 Spokane Prize, was published by Eastern Washington University Pr ...more

Average rating: 4.3 · 216 ratings · 35 reviews · 30 distinct works
East Liberty

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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The High Heart (Lynx House ...

4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007
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Coventry

4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Half of What I Say Is Meaningl

4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Concertina

4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013
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Restoring Sacred Art

4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Land of Amnesia

4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009
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Anson County

4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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The Life of the World to Co...

3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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The 13th Sunday after Pente...

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“But there was little heart to our lust,
only the confusion of not knowing
how long we'd have in our bodies.”
Joseph Bathanti, This Metal

“Our favorite games were killing.
Our favorite books were death.
It had been beaten into us:
God is love.
Not the parched face and gnarled
capes across a stick body; jittering
in the nude sky, we couldn't see
trying to touch us
for the blood in our eyes.”
Joseph Bathanti, This Metal

“The clock sweats out each minute
of what meat is left to us.”
Joseph Bathanti, This Metal



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