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A Zippered Bible Bound in Fake Leather

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Found in Scott Russell Sanders’ A Private History of Awe (pp. 110-111) The edges of the onionskin pages were dyed a startling red, the color of lipstick worn by racy girls at school. I couldn’t help thinking of those girls when I drew the zipper and the Bible sprang open like a mouth.

Richard Collins taught at universities in the U.S., Wales, Romania, and Bulgaria. His books include No Fear Zen (Hohm Press, 2015), In Search of the Hermaphrodite: A Memoir (Tough Poets Press, 2024), and two forthcoming poetry collections: Stone Nest and Cartoons for the Chaos (both by Shanti Arts). Since 2016 he has been abbot of the New Orleans Zen Temple and now resides in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he directs Stone Nest Zen Dojo.

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