Cattle of the Lord

Presented in both English and Portuguese, this lyric poetry collection explores the “troublesome blessing and burden of being human” ( Publishers Weekly ). Love. Sex. Death. Meat. Traffic. Pets. In Cattle of the Lord , Rosa Alice Branco offers a stunning poetic vision at once sacred and profane, a rich evocation of daily life troubled by uneasy sacramentality. In a collection translated by Alexis Levitin and presented in both Portuguese and English, readers find themselves in a world turned upsi