The Reluctant Messiah addresses several cultural conundrums we face in this precarious time. The queries he poses and the answers his characters provide, invite readers to consider, if not question, their core stories and values. The work offers a plethora of poems and narrative in which his characters challenge the status quo. The prophetic voices in this book challenge us to engage in the conversation.

 

-Peter Anderson—author of Reading Colorado and First Church of the Higher Elevations

 

SETH has done it again, but this time, slant. Aesthetics, spirituality, politics, economics, art, racism, physics, cosmology, history—it’s all on the page. Through the irresistible eavesdropping on the philosophical discussions of a quirky group of musician/poets combined with a rendition of their actual performance, The Reluctant Messiah reminds us, “we become the stories we tell ourselves.” – through wordplay, rhythm, rhyme, counterpoint. You’ll hear the drums and learn a lot from a charismatic teacher of the ineffable.

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-Jacqueline St. Joan, author, My Sisters Made of Light and The Shawl of Midnight

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The Reluctant Messiah is a mixed-genre work that is at once a good story, a deep philosophical reflection on our lives and current crises, and poetry. Brilliant, engaging, tense, dramatic, and vital for our times.

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–Priscilla Long, author of Dancing with the Muse in Old Age and Cartographies of Home: Poems

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A fascinating and circuitous journey through the big ideas challenging humanity since our beginnings. The narrator tells the story of a cultural maven, a seeker of truth who becomes influential in an era of upheaval. This engaging tale frames a series of Socratic-style dialogues that explore and debate the central questions of our times, like good and evil and relativity—much as Socrates did in his day. Global thinking for these modern times.

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-Judah Freed, author Making Global Sense 

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Gregory SETH Harris displays his mastery of the English language on every page of his third

book. Thought-provoking poetry, sensory imagery, vivid pictures. Mr. Harris slowly pulls the reader in, following an eccentric group of musicians/poets, listening to their philosophical reflections, the ending a surprising and moving twist. The book encourages readers to open their minds to diverse perspectives, then reach their own conclusions about their lives and the current crises.

 

−Diane L. Akins, author of A Live Well Lived: The Book I Never Thought I’d Write

  Co-author of Winston’s Journey