FOMITE
Other Fomite Books
by Roger Lebovitz
This is a book best read in one sitting. Let the reader swallow it whole and find it taking immediate effect. Let the reader feel like the book is a boat riding the rapids on a river. What is an obscure blessing? The question may be unanswerable, yet this book offers thirty-six possibilities worth pursuing. Blessings for crossing a river and blessings for flying into the air. Blessings for lost things and blessings for ships offshore. Blessings for journeys and blessings for unread dreams. Blessings for comets and forests and blessings for the high patches of snow. Blessings for the need for blessings.
Praise
“It’s often hard to know where fact ends and fiction begins in Roger Lebovitz’s compelling book of short prose pieces called Obscure Blessings. Perhaps that’s the point. Outer and inner, public and private worlds intertwine and blend in surprising, revealing ways. The effect is poignant, thought-provoking. The book itself is a blessing.”
—David Cavanaugh
“Obscure Blessings, Roger Lebovitz’s, magical series of compact musings are equal parts prayer, mysterious fairy tales, and apparitions from a knowing yet wry sensibility. Each short blessing feels smoothed and informed by an old, lucky history that we all should know. Like memory or magic fables, Lebovitz’s small book is approachable and nuanced. It fits in your pocket with your keys. Enjoy
—Sharon Webster
About the Author
Roger Lebovitz lives in Burlington, Vermont. In addition to Obscure Blessings, he has also written A Guide to the Western Slope and the Outlying Areas and Twenty Two Instructions for Near Survival, both published by Fomite Press.
