ABOUT THE BOOK This collection of poems spans over four decades of personal reflections and intimate memoirs. By approaching the age-old dualities of flesh and spirit as one holistic experience, these poems celebrate same-sex love as a normal, given part of life. Such a candid, refreshing outlook on life guarantees to inspire, entertain, and liberate. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charles F. Mann, Ph.D., originally from Gloucester, MA, earned degrees from the University of Ottawa, the Boston Theological Institute/Saint John's Seminary, La Sorbonne, and l'Institut Catholique de Paris. He has worked extensively in Canada, Europe, and the United States as a priest, educator, linguist, translator, interpreter, and writer of both prose and poetry. For over the last 30 years, Dr. Mann has lived in San Francisco and has tutored in foreign languages at U. C. Berkeley. He is the author of the popular biography of an unconventional Frenchwoman, "Madeleine Delbrel: A Life Beyond Boundaries," a collection of poems, "Life Lines," and the soon-to-be-published collection of essays, "The Spirituality of Everyday Life," as well as his memoirs, "The Life of an Inner-city Monk."