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Jane Hirshfield

Jane Hirshfield – For What Binds Us

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Vanessa Able

What it is that brings us together, binds our relationships and heals our wounds, even beyond the limits of our own agency?

‘The Only Way To Be Free’ – Oren Jay Sofer on Why Mindfulness Is More Than Just Paying Attention
How continuous awareness can be a catalyst for radical personal freedom and transformation.
Seeing Into the Reality of Emptiness
Zen Master Tangen Harada Roshi on how understanding the truth of emptiness can reveal Original Mind.
The Problem With Business As Usual – On Interconnectedness and the Climate Crisis
Inspired by the work of the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg, Susan Bauer-Wu's book is her personal expression of concern for the earth.
Orhan Pamuk on Writing By Hand
Orhan Pamuk's hand-writing habit hasn't budged, despite the conventions of our time.
How We Live Is How We Die: Pema Chödrön on Preparing for Death Here and Now
Pema Chödrön on what the Tibetan approach to living and dying can teach us about liberation in the present moment.

Announcing Our Pushcart Nominees for 2024
Hang up the bunting for this year's esteemed Pushcart Prize nominees!
Joshua St. Claire & Amber Winter – Out Into the Light
Poets Joshua St. Claire and Amber Winter weave together a collaborative duet, offering a traditional kasen renga with “Out Into the Light”.
Sahar Fathi – All-the-time Home
Iranian-American poet Sahar Fathi offers a discourse on longing and nostalgia with her incredibly poignant poem "All-the-time Home".
Corinne Hughes – Cullen Island, Anacortes
In "Cullen Island, Anacortes" poet Corinne Hughes reveals brash and radiant liberation from the unwelcome masculine darknesses of the past.
Christine Andersen – Breaking the Rules
Christine Andersen's "Breaking the Rules" reveals the release and healing to be found blooming and flowing in the wild places of the earth.