The Awful Grace of God

<p>The Awful Grace of God is a raw unflinching and darkly luminous collection of poetry by Jhon Z Baker a physically disabled schizoaffective bipolar writer from Cook County Illinois. Through verses steeped in vulnerability grit and an often-haunting beauty Baker invites readers into a world where madness and clarity hold hands over coffee and survival itself is both an act of grace and defiance.</p><p></p><p>Written primarily on a typewriter in the quiet corners of his home Baker's poetry grapples with love mental illness family and identity-with snapshots from late lunches at Bennigan's to sleepless nights against a headboard. These are poems from the margins written by a man who observes both the ordinary and the abyss with equal intensity.</p><p></p><p>Dedicated to his wife son and a tribe of beloved cats this collection pulses with pain and devotion in equal measure. The Awful Grace of God is not just poetry-it's a testament to endurance the strange poetry of being alive and the sacred mess of it all.</p>