Hey book-lover, how are you? Today I am coming with the Release Update of the poetry collection theory of creation written by Aleah Dye. It's a religious deconstruction in the form of twelve poems, theory of creation asks again, ‘what makes a god?’ The collection was released on November 25, 2022.
About the poet Aleah Dye:
Aleah Dye (she/her) primarily writes poetry, tending towards topics of morbidity, love, social justice, and philosophy. She is dreadfully afraid of imperfection and spiders, in no particular order. She has a one-eyed cat named Ivy and a one-track-minded (food!) cat named Rosebud. Aleah hopes to make hearts grow three sizes with her words. She is a 2020 Sundress Publications Best of the Net nominee and the graphic designer for 'perhappened'. Aleah is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College with a B.A. in English and Philosophy, and she currently attends Quinnipiac University School of Law as a 3L with a Criminal Law and Advocacy concentration.
Aleah Dye reads a poem from her latest collection theory of creation on kmgreads poetry cafe:
About theory of creation in Aleah's words:
theory of creation (lowercase intentional) tackles my religious deconstruction and examines who/what can be a god and how. It sort of arrives at agnosticism centered on humanism and love, though it is cynical and tongue-in-cheek toward religion throughout.
Reviews for theory of creation:
""Because something so beautiful should never suffer"--so Aleah Dye proclaims unwaveringly in the opening poem of her collection Dye's poetry is symphonic and hopeful. moving from loss of faith in God to her triumphant faith in human beings. Theory of Creation is au adamant cry of resilience, of love for life and the people who make it worthwhile. It is a treasure for all of us who are "waiting to hear from heaven", and meanwhile assured only of earth."
-Lila Marie Ellis
"So easy and nourishingly agreeable is it, to be charmed and acquainted with this poet through this small taste of their talent. This reader finds kinship in the floating sense of wonder, the dreamy, curious, confident sensuality, and the overflowing human love. A reverence for a holiness of nature and human intimacy, yet a critical musing against dogma and conditional love. Ideals and idylls even a non-believer can appreciate. Immense respect to the wit in so many turns of phrase and carefully chosen, positioned words. like inventions and incantations. These words hold glimpses of what this reader treasures in great poetry, great writing: a wisdom of complexity, a messiness of living in the world, the warmth of surrender to life: Pure feeling"
-Benjamin E. Morris
"Written like a confession. Aleah Dye ties together threads of trauma and faith, apathy and atheism to create a miracle of ressurection. This chapbook is a hymn for the godless, the faithful, and everyone who lins ever felt forgotten."
-Ben Riddle
"Aleah Dye uses her poems to artfully navigate between ideas of belief and disbelief. Her work asks us to consider the fluidity of God, how God might not exist in the most traditional sense but could exist within the people who love us. God could be your mother, your lover, or even yourself. The possibilities are endless.
The poems play with religious imagery in skillful and exciting ways, Aleah references proverbs and other aspects of the Bible, but she adds her own spin to them. These revisions evoke an array of feelings in the reader, mixing joy with sorrow and confidence with fear.
Often, it feels like the speaker of the poems is speaking to God directly. The speaker asks God the question, "where were you when I needed you?"! And if there is no reply to that question, perhaps it's best to live our lives without waiting for the answer."
-Catie Wiley
Important Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bearsbeetpoet
Aleah's website: https://indie-writers.fandom.com/wiki/Aleah Dye
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