{"product_id":"tongue-screws-and-testimonies-poems-stories-and-essays-inspired-by-the-martyrs-mirror-9780836195194","title":"Tongue Screws and Testimonies: Poems, Stories, and Essays Inspired by the Martyrs Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher of \u003ci\u003eMartyrs Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e comes this refreshing, reflective, heartbreaking, humorous--and sometimes irreverent--anthology of poems, creative essays and fiction by new and noted authors with connections to the Anabaptist tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing writers such as Rudy Wiebe, Di Brandt, Jeff Gundy, Jean Janzen, Julia Kasdorf, John Ruth, Rhoda Janzen and others, \u003ci\u003eTongue Screws and Testimonies\u003c\/i\u003e shows how stories from \u003ci\u003eMartyrs Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e intersect with the lives of writers and their characters--and how these stories continue to have a powerful hold on faith, life and imagination today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected and edited by Kirsten Eve Beachy, who teaches writing at Eastern Mennonite University, \u003ci\u003eTongue Screws and Testimonies\u003c\/i\u003e challenges readers to consider the implications of \u003ci\u003eMartyrs Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e in their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTongue Screws and Testimonies\u003c\/i\u003e is for the young woman who remembers hiding behind the couch at her grandparents' house to look at Jan Luykens' engravings, and who still gets chills thinking about it. It's for the man who, drawn into a Mennonite congregation in middle age, is trying to get a grasp of Anabaptist history. It will serve as a conversation starter with theologians of many traditions who are concerned with the difficulties of living faithfully.\"--Kirsten Eve Beachy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirsten Eve Beachy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Herald Press (VA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780836195194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeachy, Kirsten:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirsten Eve Beachy teaches creative writing and journalism at Eastern Mennonite University. With her husband, Jason Alderfer, she raises muscovy ducks, backyard chickens, and honeybees in Briery Branch, Va. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeachy received degrees in Philosophy \u0026amp; Theology and Theater from Eastern Mennonite University and an MFA in creative writing from West Virginia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeachy was born in Goshen, Ind., and retains membership at Paoli Mennonite Fellowship, her childhood church (Paoli, Ind.). She covenants with Shalom Mennonite Church (Harrisonburg, Va.), and often attends Philippi Mennonite Church (Philippi, W. Va.) in spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeachy's stories and essays appear in literary journals including \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tusculum Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRelief: a Quarterly Chrisitian Expression\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRhubarb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreamseeker\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Her short fiction can be found in Norton's anthology of Hint Fiction. She is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eThe Tusculum Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information on her current projects, go to martyrbook.com or her author blog at kirstenevebeachy.wordpress.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herald Press (VA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40219114111091,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_47f024f7-5254-427d-8c5d-e123a8a5826e.jpg?v=1656596596","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/tongue-screws-and-testimonies-poems-stories-and-essays-inspired-by-the-martyrs-mirror-9780836195194","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}