The Best Spiritual Writing 2011
by Zaleski, Philip; Collins, BillyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-11-30
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
-
eCampus.com Device Compatibility Matrix
Click the device icon to install or view instructions
Apple iOS | iPad, iPhone, iPod
Android Devices | Android Tables & Phones OS 2.2 or higher | *Kindle Fire
Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
Mac OS X | **iMac / MacbookEnjoy offline reading with these devicesiPad, iPhone, iPod
Android 2.2 +Kindle FireWindows
10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XPMac
List Price: $24.00
Rent Book
Select for Price
Digital
$15.99*
New Book
We're Sorry
Sold Out
Used Book
We're Sorry
Sold Out
How Marketplace Works:
- This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
- Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
- Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
- Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
- Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.
Summary
"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 2011gathers 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, including Prayer: A History (with his wife, Carol Zaleski) and a revised edition of The Recollected Heart. He lives in Massachusetts.
Billy Collins is the author of twelve collections of poetry, including The 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, and Picnic, Lightning. He is also the editor of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and Bright 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.
Billy Collins is the author of twelve collections of poetry, including The 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, and Picnic, Lightning. He is also the editor of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and Bright 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.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Starting Out from Ted Hughes's Letters from The Georgia Review | p. 1 |
| The Return from Orion | p. 5 |
| Words of Nectar and Cyanide from First Things | p. 10 |
| Words Are Not Enough from Portland | p. 23 |
| A Mindful Beauty from The American Scholar | p. 30 |
| Grave from The Atlantic | p. 43 |
| Czeslaw Milosz's Glasses from The Southern Review | p. 45 |
| Turning Points from The Christian Century | p. 49 |
| Sesshin with Sasaki Roshi from Shambhala Sun | p. 59 |
| Barley and Yaks from Orion | p. 70 |
| Taking the Veil from Portland | p. 85 |
| Buddha's Savage Peace from The Atlantic | p. 89 |
| Let My People Go to the Buffet from Commentary | p. 100 |
| Who Am I, Lord, That You Should Know My Name? from Portland | p. 113 |
| 1934 from The New Yorker | p. 116 |
| An Intimate Geography from The American Scholar | p. 119 |
| Sisters & Daughters from First Things | p. 130 |
| We and You-Let Us Meet in God's Love from Sophia | p. 137 |
| The Contemplative Life from Image | p. 152 |
| Pigs (see Swine) from The Hudson Review | p. 155 |
| Bleecker Street from The New Yorker | p. 157 |
| Scordatura: Upon Listening to Biber's Rosary Sonatas from Image | p. 159 |
| Believing in Flannery O'Connor from Commentary | p. 166 |
| Trismegistus from The New Yorker | p. 175 |
| Christianity Face to Face with Islam from First Things | p. 177 |
| Ian's Angels from Image | p. 197 |
| The Foundation from The New Yorker | p. 199 |
| My Bright Abyss from The American Scholar | p. 201 |
| The Shul at Loon Lake from Commentary | p. 210 |
| What Art Can and Can't Do from First Things | p. 221 |
| Contributors' Notes | p. 235 |
| Other Notable Spiritual Writing of the Year | p. 240 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.
This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.
By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.
Digital License
You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.
More details can be found here.
A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.
Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.
Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.