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pattydsf's review
4.0
I really do like essays. I can learn a little bit about a subject and then figure out if I want to know more. I have met some of my favorite authors through collections like this one, for example Natalie Goldberg. Then there are the authors like Pico Iyer, whose work I haven't read in years, but in this book, I got to encounter him again.
This is the fifth volume of this series I have added to my shelves here. I have enjoyed everyone of them and the ones I read before. I go back and dip into my collection whenever I have a few minutes to reread a poem or essay.
Besides the authors already mentioned, I was glad to encounter Joseph Bottum, David James Duncan and Hamza Yusef in this volume. If you are at all interested in good writing about religion, consider picking up one of this series.
This is the fifth volume of this series I have added to my shelves here. I have enjoyed everyone of them and the ones I read before. I go back and dip into my collection whenever I have a few minutes to reread a poem or essay.
Besides the authors already mentioned, I was glad to encounter Joseph Bottum, David James Duncan and Hamza Yusef in this volume. If you are at all interested in good writing about religion, consider picking up one of this series.
nrt43's review
4.0
A wonderful, thought provoking collection of essays and poetry! I got it in particular to read Christian Wiman's essay "Love Bade me Welcome," (which funny enough you can find online), but so many were delightful and challenging. I so wish I had more time to stew and chew and reflect on them more.
dcmr's review
3.0
Not my favorite in this annual series, but still good stuff. "The Closest We Ever Get to Love," an essay by Heather King, is a keeper.
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
I really do like essays. I can learn a little bit about a subject and then figure out if I want to know more. I have met some of my favorite authors through collections like this one, for example Natalie Goldberg. Then there are the authors like Pico Iyer, whose work I haven't read in years, but in this book, I got to encounter him again.
This is the fifth volume of this series I have added to my shelves here. I have enjoyed everyone of them and the ones I read before. I go back and dip into my collection whenever I have a few minutes to reread a poem or essay.
Besides the authors already mentioned, I was glad to encounter Joseph Bottum, David James Duncan and Hamza Yusef in this volume. If you are at all interested in good writing about religion, consider picking up one of this series.
This is the fifth volume of this series I have added to my shelves here. I have enjoyed everyone of them and the ones I read before. I go back and dip into my collection whenever I have a few minutes to reread a poem or essay.
Besides the authors already mentioned, I was glad to encounter Joseph Bottum, David James Duncan and Hamza Yusef in this volume. If you are at all interested in good writing about religion, consider picking up one of this series.
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