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Joy Sullivan
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Upstream: Selected Essays
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Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
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"I read this book in one sitting on the day I got it, which I don't believe is how poetry "should" be read, but then again- there aren't many poets like Joy. Joy has the ability to break your heart and then put it back together in a single page. A kna"
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"I wanted this book to last forever. Every time I picked it up it gave me something beautiful; Often that beautiful thing was tears.
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"I'm a bit disappointed as I've been trying to get to Oregon and this didn't help as much as I hoped it would. At least the poetry was very good."
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“I wrote a pep talk recently to myself on a bar napkin: no matter which road you take, it will be both glorious and unbearable. Every road is lonely. Every road, holy. The only error is not walking forth.
Yesterday, a friend in California, when giving me directions, told me I could take the trail toward the tall pines or turn left and find a field of poppies, growing gold and savage at the edge of the valley.
When I asked which to choose, she simply shrugged and said: either way, it’s all heaven.”
― Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
Yesterday, a friend in California, when giving me directions, told me I could take the trail toward the tall pines or turn left and find a field of poppies, growing gold and savage at the edge of the valley.
When I asked which to choose, she simply shrugged and said: either way, it’s all heaven.”
― Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
“Of course the universe is full of deep magic, but I think most miracles can be traced back to someone's profound and quiet kindness.”
― Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
― Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
