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The Path to Kindness
Poems of Connection and Joy
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This anthology is ideal for readers who appreciate poetry that nurtures kindness, connection, and emotional reflection. It suits those seeking comfort and inspiration during challenging times, poetry lovers, book groups, and anyone interested in diverse cultural voices.
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Following the success and momentum of his anthology How to Love the World (93,000 copies in print), James Crews's new collection, The Path to Kindness, offers more than 100 deeply felt and relatable poems from a diverse range of voices, including well-known writers Julia Alvarez, Marie Howe, Ellen Bass, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Rios, Ross Gay, and Ada Limon, as well as new and emerging voices.
Featured Black poets include January Gill O'Neil, Tracy K. Smith, and Cornelius Eady. Native American poets include Kimberly Blaeser, Joy Harjo (current U.S. Poet Laureate), and Linda Hogan. The collection also features international voices, including Canadian poets Lorna Crozier and Susan Musgrave.
Presented in the same perfect-in-the-hand format as How to Love the World, the collection includes prompts for journaling and exploration of selected poems, a book group guide, bios of all the contributing poets, and stunning cover art by award-winning artist Dinara Mirtalipova. A foreword by Danusha Lameris, along with her popular poem "Small Kindnesses," is also included.
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Praised as "soul food worthy of savouring," this anthology is recognised for nourishing the spirit and offering a sanctuary of tenderness. Tara Brach highlights it as a vital collection of poems that foster loving presence, while Kristi Nelson calls it a "banquet of blessings" needed for generosity and hope. Georgia Heard describes it as the book we need now to live with more kindness and joy, affirming its timely and uplifting nature.
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ISBN: 9781635865332
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 April 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Illustration: One-color
Contributors:
- Foreword by Danusha Laméris
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 124.0mm
Height: 176.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
James Crews is the editor of the best-selling anthologies, The Path to Kindness and How to Love the World, which has been featured on NPR s Morning Edition, in the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post. His poems have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, The New Republic, and The Christian Century. He collaborated with former US poet laureate Ted Kooser on American Life in Poetry, which reaches millions of readers across the world. Crews holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a PhD in writing and literature from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He teaches poetry at the University at Albany and lives with his husband in Shaftsbury, Vermont. Danusha Lameris is the author of two books: The Moons of August (Autumn House, 2014), which was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize, and Bonfire Opera (University of Pittsburgh, 2020), which won the Northern California Book Award. Winner of the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award, she teaches in the Pacific University low-residency MFA Program and co-hosts with James Crews the Poetry of Resilience online seminars. She lives in Santa Cruz County, California.
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