The Best Spiritual Writing 2011: 2011

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Best Spiritual Writing 2011: 2011
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Philip Zaleski
Introduction by Billy Collins
SeriesThe Best Spiritual Writing Series
Series part Volume No. 2
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 135
Category/GenrePoetry
Prose - non-fiction
Religion - general
Spirituality and religious experience
ISBN/Barcode 9780143118671
ClassificationsDewey:810.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Penguin USA
Publication Date 30 November 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

"A trove of well-wrought, luminous, soul-bracing gifts." -Thomas Lynch (on the 2010 edition) With selection chosen from a vast range of journals and magazines, The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 gathers the finest pieces of spiritual writing to appear in American publications during the past year. The collection offers an opportunity to read intimate and thought-provoking work, ranging from poetry to short fiction to memoir to essay, by some of the nation's most esteemed writers, including Rick Bass, Philip Yancey, Terry Teachout, Robert D. Kaplan, and many others. As Phyllis Tickle said of last year's edition, "there is enough here to feed the hungry heart for years to come."

Author Biography

Philip Zaleski is the editor of the Best Spiritual Writing series and the author of many books, includingPrayer- A History(with his wife, Carol Zaleski) and a revised edition of The Recollected Heart. He lives in Massachusetts. Billy Collinsis the author of twelve collections of poetry, includingThe Rain in Portugal,Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning,andPicnic, Lightning. He is also the editor ofPoetry 180- A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More- Extraordinary Poems for Every Day,andBright Wings- An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds. A Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York and Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Winter Park Institute of Rollins College, he was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and New York State Poet from 2004 to 2006. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.