I’m delighted to share news of this recently published anthology from Amethyst Press! Writing & The Sacred: An Anthology of Reflections gathers together a wide range of reflections on writing and the sacred. Some first appeared in Amethyst Review; others were written in response to an invitation to contribute to this anthology. Their authors – poets, novelists, editors and creative practitioners – each bring a fruitful, personal engagement to the theme. Here are writers for whom language is holy in itself, and writers for whom the daily practice of writing is a spiritual discipline. Some listen for the sacred in silence, or trace it through loss, illness and the natural world. Drawing on Christian, Jewish, Vedic, shamanic and pre-Christian sources, these essays offer food for thought and contemplation to anyone who writes, reads or prays.
With contributions from M. Anne Alexander · Chris Anderson · Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew · Jane Angué · Roselle Angwin · John Janelle Backman · Lizzie Ballagher · Sue Brice · Carolyn Chilton Casas · Johanna Caton, O.S.B. Michael Centore · David Chorlton · Tara DaPra · Frank Desiderio · Keren Dibbens-Wyatt ·Clive Donovan · Diana Durham · Jenna Wysong Filbrun ·
Patricia Furstenberg · Mary Ellen Gambutti · Laura E. Garrard · Maryanne Hannan · James Harpur · Lory Widmer Hess · John Claiborne Isbell · Bethany Jarmul · Jane Keenan · Stephen Kingsnorth · Janet Krauss · Irina Kuzminsky · Marie Laure ·Jane Liffen · Viv Longley · Tony Lucas · Veronica McDonald · Marjorie Maddox · Tim Miller ·Matthew Pullar · Diana Raab · Kathryn Sadakierski · Wally Swist · Chuck Thompson · Lynne Wycherley
With an introduction by Editor Sarah
ISBN 978-1066864508. Available via Amazon as paperback and Kindle ebook now:
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The title should also be available via independent bookshops in due course (pending distributor admin).
