The Best Spiritual Writing 2011
$47.47
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2010
Summary
“A trove of well-wrought, luminous, soul-bracing gifts.” -Thomas Lynch (on the 2010 edition)With selection chosen from a vast range of journals and magazines, The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 gathers the finest pieces of spiritual writing to appear in American publications during the past year. The collection offers an opportunity to read intimate and thought-provoking work, ranging from poetry to short fiction to memoir to essay, by some of the nation’s most esteemed writers, including Rick Bass, Philip Yancey, Terry Teachout, Robert D. Kaplan, and many others. As Phyllis Tickle said of last year’s edition, “there is enough here to feed the hungry heart for years to come.”
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143118671 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143118676 |
| Author: | Philip Zaleski, Billy Collins |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 2011th |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 135mm x 203mm |
| Series: | The Best Spiritual Writing Series |
| Audience Age: | 12-17 |
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Philip Zaleski
Philip Zaleski is the editor of the Best Spiritual Writing series and the author of many books, includingPrayer- A History(with his wife, Carol Zaleski) and a revised edition of The Recollected Heart. He lives in Massachusetts.Billy Collinsis the author of twelve collections of poetry, includingThe Rain in Portugal,Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning,andPicnic, Lightning. He is also the editor ofPoetry 180- A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More- Extraordinary Poems for Every Day,andBright Wings- An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds. A Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York and Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Winter Park Institute of Rollins College, he was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and New York State Poet from 2004 to 2006. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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