Recommended by Jennifer Lighty
This author is someone who has really earned his wisdom and embodies his wisdom with a lot of grace, honesty, and compassion, beginning with himself, and offering out to others from a trauma-informed perspective that will help you find your own way, instead of relying on him for advice.
The Sharpener is a wonderful resource for poets. Not only will you be treated to Sean's finely curated reading lists, the craft letters are something really special. I've taken a lot of writing courses and I feel he truly cares about helping people write good poems. Instead of offering opinions and judgment, he offers clarity and solutions that take into account the psychological aspects that can inhibit us from doing our best work.
Simplicity is the greatest sophistication. Every time I read Wild Leaf I feel a window open in my mind that lets fresh air in to revivify and give me strength to go on believing we can live in a beautiful way together with Earth.
If you like the way I weave mythology and the events of my personal life, you will love how Louise Edington does the same, with the added lens of astrology.
A very generous writer whose essays inform and uplift. Jenna makes the everyday magic apparent and invites her readers to share their journeys. I feel included in the best kind of way whenever I read one of her posts.
When I read Martin Shaw's newsletter I feel like he's telling me something I once knew a long time ago and had hidden deep in my bones for safe-keeping until it was safe to remember. His words are, to me, essential. Each letter is filled with surprise, wonder and delight.
There are a lot of books in the world, more coming every day. Auraist picks the ones I really want to read.
