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divorce,unemployment togratitude,Afghanistan to Gethse-mane.While attempting consolation,the poems continually mock theirown failure to lessen human pain.  \nFear Not is lyrical,political,raunchy,blasphemous,and deeply engagedwith ethical questions.Each poemplays off poetic and Biblical forms.  \nMierau explores the past,throughfragments of Ludwig Wittgenstein'slife and through the eyes and memo-ries of his father,who was among theGerman-speaking Mennonites whofed Soviet Ukraine during WorldWar I.  \nHe also surveys contemporary cul-ture,skewering our intense involve-ment with pop phenomena suchas America's Next Top Model andBritney Spears.He recalls the formalbeauty of the Psalms with refrainsthat echo the debased commer-cial speech used to advertise iPods,Kahlua,and Cialis.  \nThis Book is given to you with only one request—that you read it every day.  \n—from the Gideon New Testament,Psalms and Proverbs  \n# FEAR NOT\n\nfor his book lies flet.  \nFEAR NOT  \nMAURiCE MERAUNo  innijog  \nFear Notcopyright CMaurice Mierau 2008  \nTurnstone PressArtspace Building018-100 Arthur StreetWinnipeg,MBR3B 1H3 Canadawww.TurnstonePress.com  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form orby any means—graphic,electronic or mechanical—without the prior written permissionof the publisher.Any request to photocopy any part of this book shall be directed inwriting to Access Copyright,Toronto.  \nTurnstone Press gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Canada Council forthe Arts,the Manitoba Arts Council,the Government of Canada through the BookPublishing Industry Development Program,and the Government of Manitoba throughthe Department of Culture,Heritage,Tourism and Sport,Arts Branch,for our publishingactivities.  \nCover design:Jamis PaulsonInterior design:Sharon CaseburgPrinted and bound in Canada by Friesens for Turnstone Press.  \n# Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication\n\nMierau,Maurice,1962-  \nFear not/Maurice 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