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The Wonder Paradox

Author : Jennifer Michael Hecht
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374716560
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Wonder Paradox written by Jennifer Michael Hecht and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonder Paradox offers a lively, practical, and transcendent road map to meaning and connection through poetry. Where do we find magic? Peace? Connection? We have calendars to mark time, communal spaces to bring us together, bells to signal hours of contemplation, official archives to record legacies, the wisdom of sages read aloud, weekly, to map out the right way to live—in kindness, justice, morality. These rhythms and structures of society were all once set by religion. Now, for many, religion no longer runs the show. So how then to celebrate milestones? Find rules to guide us? Figure out which texts can focus our attention but still offer space for inquiry, communion, and the chance to dwell for a dazzling instant in what can’t be said? Where, really, are truth and beauty? The answer, says The Wonder Paradox, is in poetry. In twenty chapters built from years of questions and conversations with those looking for an authentic and meaningful life, Jennifer Michael Hecht offers ways to mine and adapt the useful aspects of tradition and to replace what no longer feels true. Through cultures and poetic wisdom from around the world—Sappho, Rumi, Shakespeare, Issa, Tagore, Frost, Szymborska, Angelou, and others—she blends literary criticism with spiritual guidance rooted in the everyday. Linking our needs to particular poems, she helps us better understand those needs, our very being, and poetry itself. Our capacity for wonder is one of the greatest joys of being human; The Wonder Paradox celebrates that instinct and that yearning.

Who Said

Author : Jennifer Michael Hecht
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1556594496
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Who Said written by Jennifer Michael Hecht and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hecht repurposes texts and creates a magic echo chamber, bringing the lines and lyrics of long-gone friends to the table.

The Next Ancient World

Author : Jennifer Michael Hecht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Next Ancient World written by Jennifer Michael Hecht and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hecht's poetry has full measures of play, wisdom, sheer joy of invention. Her poems demonstrate a mastery of craft and a unique voice buoyed by brilliance. She explains-in her endlessly appealing half-outrageous, half-conspiratorial voice-her purpose: a guidebook for those who come after. WE are the next ancient world, and Hecht makes myths out of our daily lives.

Stay

Author : Jennifer Michael Hecht
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186088
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Stay written by Jennifer Michael Hecht and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading public critic reminds us of the compelling reasons people throughout time have found to stay alive

The Wonder That Is You

Author : Glenys Nellist
Publisher : Zonderkidz
ISBN 13 : 0310766575
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Wonder That Is You written by Glenys Nellist and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every parent dreams of embracing their new child. When that dream comes true, it’s as if all of creation rejoices with them. Celebrate a new arrival with this heartwarming picture book, The Wonder That Is You by bestselling author Glenys Nellist. The Wonder That Is You is: Not only a perfect gift for new babies, but also a precious story to read aloud with big brothers and sisters in anticipation of the new arrival A heartwarming way to tell your children, godchildren, or grandchildren of any age how special they are and how much that are loved A soothing bedtime book that will have your little ones falling fast asleep in your loving arms It felt as if the world stood still The day my dream came true, And all creation paused to see The wonder that is you. The Wonder That Is You is perfect gift for baby showers, baptisms, adoptions, birthdays, or any time you want to tell your little one how much they are loved.

World of Wonders

Author : Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 157131959X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book World of Wonders written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity

Surprised by Paradox

Author : Jen Pollock Michel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 083087092X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Surprised by Paradox written by Jen Pollock Michel and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world filled with ambiguity, we want faith to act like an orderly set of truth-claims to solve the problems that life throws at us. While there are certainties in Christian faith, at the heart of the Christian story is also paradox, and Jen Pollock Michel helps readers imagine a Christian faith open to mystery. Jesus invites us to abandon the polarities of either and or in order to embrace the difficult, wondrous dissonance of and.

The Wonder Paradox

Author : Jennifer Michael Hecht
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374292744
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wonder Paradox by : Jennifer Michael Hecht

Download or read book The Wonder Paradox written by Jennifer Michael Hecht and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonder Paradox offers a lively, practical, and transcendent roadmap to meaning and connection through poetry. Religion once formed the rhythms and structures of society: marking time with calendars, carving out space for contemplation, creating connection, reinforcing legacy and morality. Now, for many, religion no longer runs the show. So where shall we find our magic? How do we celebrate milestones? Which texts can focus our attention but still offer space for inquiry, communion, and the chance to dwell for a dazzling instant in what can’t be said? The answer, Jennifer Michael Hecht—the historian, poet, and bestselling author of Doubt—tells us, is poetry. In twenty chapters built from years of questions and conversation with those looking for an authentic and meaningful life, Hecht offers ways to excavate the useful aspects of tradition and to replace what no longer feels true. Through cultures and poetic wisdom from around the world—Sappho, Rumi, Shakespeare, Issa, Tagore, Frost, Szymborska, Angelou, and others—she blends literary criticism with spiritual guidance rooted in the everyday. Linking our needs to particular poems, she helps us better understand those needs, ourselves, and poetry. Our capacity for wonder is one of the greatest joys of being human; The Wonder Paradox celebrates that instinct and that yearning. Like Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, it promises to inspire generations of readers.

The Happiness Myth

Author : Jennifer Hecht
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061744891
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Happiness Myth written by Jennifer Hecht and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennifer Michael Hecht explodes the myths about happiness, liberating us from the message that there's only one way to care for our hearts, minds, and bodies.

In a Town Called Paradox

Author : Richard Starks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974694603
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book In a Town Called Paradox written by Richard Starks and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paradox Child

Author : J. Yates
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781490523903
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Paradox Child written by J. Yates and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copyright June 2013 J Yates. Re-edited version by the marvellous Mr Chris Keppie. June 2014 This version March 2015 Set in the 1980's most of the drama for this time traveling adventure is set in the Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford UK. Lilly's family has an extraordinary secret, one they have kept for four generations. Lilly's proud to be different and special. At Halloween she's happy to stay at home and cast spells with her mum and her Grandmother rather than go out trick or treating like the other kids. At 12 years old, she thinks she knows it all. But then Lilly becomes unsettled by odd events, like seeing the sinister man in the white shoes staring at her while she walks the dogs, and then local children start to go missing. When her mum doesn't come back from one of her regular night-time jaunts, Lilly's grandmother thinks it's time to tell her the whole story. Lilly has second thoughts about whether her family's secret is a blessing, or a curse...

Lighthouse Paradox

Author : D. Ann Kelley
Publisher : Lypton Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780975278000
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Lighthouse Paradox written by D. Ann Kelley and published by Lypton Pub.. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of the War

Author : Lawrence Miles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570329050
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the War written by Lawrence Miles and published by . This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the first five decades of the conflict, THE BOOK OF THE WAR is an A to Z of a self-contained continuum and a complete guide to the Spiral Politic, from the beginning of recordable time to the fall of humanity.

Shakespeare and the Culture of Paradox

Author : Peter G. Platt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317056523
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and the Culture of Paradox written by Peter G. Platt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Shakespeare's intellectual interest in placing both characters and audiences in a state of uncertainty, mystery, and doubt, this book interrogates the use of paradox in Shakespeare's plays and in performance. By adopting this discourse-one in which opposites can co-exist and perspectives can be altered, and one that asks accepted opinions, beliefs, and truths to be reconsidered-Shakespeare used paradox to question love, gender, knowledge, and truth from multiple perspectives. Committed to situating literature within the larger culture, Peter Platt begins by examining the Renaissance culture of paradox in both the classical and Christian traditions. He then looks at selected plays in terms of paradox, including the geographical site of Venice in Othello and The Merchant of Venice, and equity law in The Comedy of Errors, Merchant, and Measure for Measure. Platt also considers the paradoxes of theater and live performance that were central to Shakespearean drama, such as the duality of the player, the boy-actor and gender, and the play/audience relationship in the Henriad, Hamlet, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. In showing that Shakespeare's plays create and are created by a culture of paradox, Platt offers an exciting and innovative investigation of Shakespeare's cognitive and affective power over his audience.

Faith and Philosophy

Author : D.G. Leahy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351937278
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Faith and Philosophy written by D.G. Leahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Christian faith has historically impacted the notion of Nous or divine mind in Western thought up to and including the present. Christian faith is seen to have inaugurated an essential transformation over time of the ancient notion of divine mind and of thought in general. Beginning with an examination of Aristotle’s notion of essence, Plato’s creation myth in the Timaeus, and Plotinus’ One, it is shown how faith in the hands of Augustine and Aquinas fundamentally reshaped Western thought and made possible in the modern period the radical subjectivity of Descartes brought to perfection by Kant and Hegel. The strenuous counter-thinking of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Levinas is closely compared to its disarming alternative, the thinking of Jefferson, Emerson, and C. S. Peirce, the father of American pragmatism.

Augenblick

Author : Koral Ward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317177401
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Augenblick written by Koral Ward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is both fleeting yet momentously eventful, even epoch-makingly significant. In this book Koral Ward investigates the development of the concept into one of the core ideas in Western existential philosophy alongside such concepts as anxiety and individual freedom. Ward examines the whole extent of the idea of the 'decisive moment', in which an individual's entire life-project is open to a radical reorientation. From its inception in Kierkegaard's works to the writings of Jaspers and Heidegger, she draws on a vast array of sources beyond just the standard figures of 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy, finding ideas and examples in photography, cinema, music, art, and the modern novel.

Dreams and Visions

Author : Nancy van Deusen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047444019
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Dreams and Visions written by Nancy van Deusen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams and Visions have constituted an important topic and point of departure in the past; but also continue to play a present role in literature, political thought, economic theory, and in the arts. An essential historical topos, Dreams and Visions--the second in a series that projects past issues into the present--brings significant contributions from an interdisciplinary spectrum of standpoints in order to discover fresh insights. Perhaps this is the essence, in any case, of "Vision"--to discover new, fresh ways of conceptualizing a problem, topic, or historical enquiry, which is the goal of this volume. Contributors are Tamara Albertini, David Bevington, Eolene M. Boyd-MacMillan, John N. Crossley, J. Harold Ellens, Wendy Furman-Adams, Robert W. Hanning, Virginia K. Henderson, Birgitta Lindros Wohl, Ann R. Meyer, Ana M. Montero, Michael Murrin, Wendy Petersen Boring, Conrad Rudolph, Nancy Van Deusen, Joanna Woods-Marsden, and Meg Worley.