Love Lines

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 Johns Seminary La Sorbonne and lInstitut 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 Delbrêl: 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.