“We must, without sparing, lose all for all.” — Hadejwich of Antwerp This morning I want to muse on Mary, mother of Jesus, through the eyes of 13th Century mystic Hadewijch during this second week of Advent. Drink Recommended Photo by ContemplifyLinks to book purchases give a kickback to a local New Mexican bookstore and Contemplify
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Katherine May on Enchantment, Building Community, Tasting Words, and a Drink of Lake Water
“I love Katherine May’s new book, Enchantment.… It’s a beautiful offering of light, truth and charm in these strange, dark times.” — Anne Lamott Katherine May is an internationally bestselling author and podcaster living in Whitstable, UK. Her most recent book, Enchantment became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her internationally bestselling hybrid memoir Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times was adapted as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, and was shortlisted for the Porchlight and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year. The Electricity of Every Living Thing, her memoir of …
Andrew Krivak on the Inheritance of Loss, Death as a Character, and Like the Appearance of Horses
“Krivak is a novelist, poet, and memoirist whose work has been compared to William Faulkner’s in its rich sense of place, to Wendell Berry’s in its attentiveness to natural beauty, and to Cormac McCarthy’s in its deep investigation of violence and myth. Yet all of Krivak’s writing, and especially his fiction, presents a truly singular vision.” — Image Journal You might remember my last conversation with Andrew Krivak on his novel, The Bear. In addition to The Bear, Andrew has written a trio of books on a family lineage, beginning with The Sojourn (a National Book Award Finalist), The Signal …