The Daring of Paradise reconfigures stories and images from both multiple religions and from fairy tales, cracking them open to release new light. Poems probe the intense devotion in the letters of Paul and the sensuality shimmering within the traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. They cast lines across religious divides, gather elements of incarnate spirituality, and consider how, in our present moment, religion might speak to the body of the Earth. Both contemplative and provocative, The Daring of Paradise reveals a world shot through with desire and expands the ambit of devotional poetry, listening to "that polished emptiness pressing upon speech" and the "illicit locutions sung and fluted / through the back alleys of heaven."

Dr. Brian Day is an associate professor in orthopaedic surgery at the University of British Columbia. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (internal medicine), and the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and Canada.

Dr. Day is a recipient of the Edouard Samson Award, the premier award for Canadian orthopaedic research, and the Don Rix Leadership Award. He is a former chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Test Committee in orthopaedics. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer at academic societies worldwide and has published over 200 articles and book chapters.

Dr. Day has served as president of the Canadian Medical Association, as well as the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the world’s leading academic society in his field.

His international patients include well-known professional athletes and celebrities.

He served as a medical officer for multiple international sporting events and was the first orthopaedic surgeon to be inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

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