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Amy Marshall
Featured Poetry

Amy-Sarah Marshall – Shelled

February 14, 2021February 13, 2021 Vanessa Able

Amy-Sarah Marshall's poem 'Shelled' touches on feelings of loss and remembrance through a minimal and pared-down verse.

Tagged emotion, Loneliness, loss, mystery, remembranceLeave a comment
Louise Gluck
Book Bits

The Culture of Healing: Louise Glück on Art’s Restorative Power

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Vanessa Able

Louise Glück's essay condemns current trends of pathological optimism, as well as the tendency towards 'the pornography of scars.'

Tagged art, Culture, healing, loss, Optimism, pain, respite, Suffering, transformation1 Comment
Book of the Month, Book Review

The Landscape of Loss – Liz Tichenor’s ‘The Night Lake’

January 22, 2021January 29, 2021 Vanessa Able

How to continue in the world after losing a child? Young mother and priest Liz Tichenor charts the journey of her own bereavement.

Tagged Children, grief, loss, motherhood1 Comment
Liz Tichenor
Interview

Embodying Grief – A Conversation with Liz Tichenor

January 22, 2021January 29, 2021 Vanessa Able

Author and priest Liz Tichenor talks about her book The Night Lake, about dealing with loss and what the topography of grief looks like after seven years.

Tagged Children, Death, grief, loss, motherhood, mourning, The Night Lake, vulnerability1 Comment
Todd Williams
Featured Poetry

Todd Williams – Lost Socks

November 29, 2020November 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Todd Williams wrote this poem shortly after the death of his father, having gone through his clothes and belongings.

Tagged father, generations, loss, memory, remnantsLeave a comment
All About Love

Champions

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY VANESSA ABLE Since before they could talk, they knew. The fearlessness of a pre-schooler's heart that knows no endings.

Tagged Children, Courage, fearlessness, innocence, loss, love3 Comments
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Book Bits

To Name and Describe, You Must First See

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

Writer and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass is a call to awakening to ecological consciousness and an awareness of our interconnectedness with nature.

Tagged change, consciousness, ecology, Extinction, language, loss, Native American, nature, science, transitionLeave a comment
Lyall Harris
Featured

Lyall Harris – Collateral Damage

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Vanessa Able

Collateral Damage is part of poet Lyall Harris’ collection One-wingèd, an in-progress manuscript about hidden abuse and what it takes to break free.

Tagged abuse, Freedom, loss, ResilienceLeave a comment
Tim Desmond
Book Bits

F*cked Up, but Always Beautiful

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Vanessa Able

Tim Desmond writes about his wife's terminal illness, and his revelation about the way in which his deep love for his wife was manifesting as anxiety, and because of it he was missing their shared moments of beauty.

Tagged acceptance, Anxiety, beauty, cancer, Death, Dying, loss, pain, psychotherapy2 Comments
David Whyte
Book Bits

Solace, Courage and Asking the Beautiful Question

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

According to David Whyte, solace is the art of asking the beautiful and often difficult question of ourselves, something that also requires courage.

Tagged Consolation, Courage, Disappointment, grief, Heart, loss, love, Participation, questions, SolaceLeave a comment

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