Katy Bowser Hutson – Now I Lay Me Down to Fight

‘Cancer is an overgrowth, a kudzu:/Tangling and strangling legitimate life.  Chemo is a killing, a burning out: Burning down to ashy carbon, indiscriminately But cancer, did you know that I am a poet’? Brent talks with poet Katy Bowser Hutson about her new IVP America book called ‘Now I Lay Me Down to Fight: A Poet Writes Her Way Through Cancer’ (second edition). Katy is a forming member of the children’s band ‘Rain for Roots’.  She is the co-author with Tish Harrison Warren and Fio Paris Oakes of ‘Little Prayers for Ordinary Days’ and a contributing author to ‘It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God’. (1:20) Why do we need poets? (2:30) Cancer; (3:45) Katy’s cancer diagnosis; (5:15) Poetry as a tool; (12:00) ‘Meeting my Oncologist’; (13:30) Cancer as a battle; (14:30) Bach’s Goldberg Variations; (15:15) ‘Sleep As War’; (17:15) Jesus in these poems; (19:50) ‘Frustration’; (21:20) God’s comfort. Links mentioned in this episode: www.amazon.com/Now-Lay-Me-Down-Fight/dp/1514007991 www.katyhutson.com www.ivpress.com Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: [email protected] godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.