In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, Callie Feyen considers the liminal spaces we find ourselves in, and how we emerge from them to new ways of being.
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Book Club Announcement: John O’Donohue’s To Bless the Space Between Us
When naming his book of blessings To Bless the Space Between Us, it was surely not John O’Donohue’s intent to reflect on social distancing.
Wild Words Book Club: Return to Yourself
In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, Callie Feyen considers the role of our feelings in moving our writing forward. Join us!
Wild Words Book Club: Make Believe
In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, author Callie Feyen invites writers to imagine their lives as a poem, in a reflection on the seasons of going back in time and discontent.
Wild Words Book Club: 5 Ways To Begin
In this first installment of the Wild Words book club, Callie Feyen reflects on five ways her writing has started, and the ways beginning and doubting intersect.
Pandemic Journal: An Entry on How We Read Poetry
Author Megan Willome reads poetry during the pandemic and finds new focus by absorbing the loveliness of unexpected words.
By Heart: ‘The Tyger’ + New John O’Donohue Challenge
Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ By Heart. And shares a tiger poem by Newbery-winner Nancy Willard too.
Book Club Announcement: Wild Words by Nicole Gulotta
Author Nicole Gulotta introduces our next book club, Wild Words, a book that serves as a gentle guide to navigating the writing life through its seasons.
Creating an ‘I Love Poetry Moment’: Magic City’s Ashley M. Jones
For National Poetry Month, create an ‘I Love Poetry Moment,’ following the example of Ashley M. Jones and the Magic City Poetry Festival.
Poet Laura: Keeping Your Distance with Emily Dickinson
In these days of social distancing, Emily Dickinson proves a wonderful guide to the sustained solitude and isolation many are facing for the first time.
The Silver Chair Book Club: A Pattern That Others Made
In this final installment of our book club discussion of The Silver Chair, our trio rescue the Prince, and make their way back to Narnia, but not before discovering an important truth about the others with whom we share space in the world.
The Silver Chair Book Club: The Darkness Around Us Is Deep
In the dramatic escape scene of a children’s story, we discover important truths about staying awake to our lives and the world around us. Join us for the latest installment in our book club discussion of The Silver Chair.
Poems From the Coffee Shop: Earl Grey and Loch Ness Weariness
When nothing goes as planned, what’s Plan B? Maybe coffee, maybe tea. Especially at a beautiful coffee shop, with poems like “Loch Ness” on your mind.
Poems From the Coffee Shop—Matcha and A Blessing for the Exhausted
Join author L.L. Barkat in the coffee shop (and the attic) and consider the joy of poetry and matcha, for your weary soul.
The Silver Chair Book Club: The Circus Won’t Find the Park
Our young heroes continue their quest to rescue the Prince, and discover a hard learned secret about being in it together as our discussion of The Silver Chair continues.
Children’s Book Club: ‘Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime’
Grab your mushy gushy Valentines! Join author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club as she reads ‘Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime.’
The Silver Chair Book Club: Horrible Errors of Childhood
In the first installment of The Silver Chair book club, we consider the errors of childhood that haunt us in our efforts to good in the world.
Book Club Announcement: The Silver Chair
What we remember can be the key to finding our way, completing a task, maybe even saving the world. Join us for our new book club, where remembering is the way through the dark: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.
The Jungle Effect Book Club: The Basics of Indigenous Diets and How They Work
In this week’s book club discussion of The Jungle Effect, Charity Singleton Craig considers the benefits of an indigenous diet, relying on locally available foods.
Top 10 Holiday Books for Children and Children at Heart
Author Megan Willome shares her Top 10 list of holiday books for children. Adults with childlike hearts will love them too.