In Resurrection Mary Bobby Parker writes with blinding sincerity and the clarity of plainsong. Parker builds a moving elegy for his grandmother, draining his childhood for the moments of beauty taken from him, mixing them with tales of fatherhood and drug addiction. Parker’s is a poetry of tenderness, with confessional tones which entangle the reader. Resurrection Mary is one of his most successful works, brimming with dark, rich reflections on obsessive love and despair.