Description:
In these meticulously documented, yet personal essays Ewan Whyte examines the extraordinary history of Grenville and the Community of Jesus, the charismatic Massachusetts-based "church" with close financial and spiritual ties to Grenville, and his own experiences within the school.
Brief description:
Ewan Whyte is a writer, and art and cultural critic. He has written for the Globe & Mail and the Literary Review of Canada. He is the author of Desire Lines: Essays on Art, Poetry & Culture; Shifting Paradigms: Essays on Art and Culture; Entrainment, a book of poetry; and Catullus, a translation of the rude ancient Roman poet Catullus. His feature essay "The Cult that Raised Me" on the U.S.-based Community of Jesus/Grenville Christian College cult was a finalist for a National Magazine Award.
Review Quotes:
"A long sequence of satisfying and enticing portrait poems: Fioretti, who renounces worldly possessions for ecstatic joy, a bawdy Catullus translation, and a self-portrait titled 'Bike Accident Poem.' Each of these reveals something sly and delicious about the character on which it focuses. . . . Entrainment is a strong debut capable of echoing old masters."
--Micheline Maylor "Quill & Quire"