Parker J. Palmer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Author, educator, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal

Community: The Structure of Belonging
Peter Block
Pictured below are my good friends Peter Block and John McKnight, authors of "The Abundant Community,"... https://t.co/ntQuvIkxQW
Paperback, 2018
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Wislawa Szymborska
Here's a poem about “the soul” by Wislawa Szymborska, the revered Polish poet who won the 1996 Nobel Prize in... https://t.co/fhWMRvbHSh
Paperback, 2012
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
Parker J. Palmer
In 2011, I published “Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit.” A couple of years later, my friend Maria Popova posted a reflection on... https://t.co/rqGgED3VlP
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Dog Songs: Poems
Mary Oliver
In one of her most-loved poems—"The Summer Day"—Mary Oliver writes, "I don't know exactly what a prayer is."... https://t.co/EjCCRW1zfi
Paperback, 2015
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How to Be a Poet
J. M. Farkas
Here's one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite writers, Wendell Berry. Titled "How To Be a Poet," it might... https://t.co/FYJ5uHyiME
Paperback, 2019
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Parker J. Palmer
I’m very happy to say that a LARGE PRINT EDITION of my new book, “On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old,” is now available from “Read How You Want” at https://t.co/YT0oLaxxDc. When you get there, enter my... https://t.co/NQMAngXXan
Hardcover, 2018
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods
John McKnight
Pictured below are my good friends Peter Block and John McKnight, authors of "The Abundant Community,"... https://t.co/ntQuvIkxQW
Paperback, 2012
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Leaves of Grass
Whitman Walt
The first edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was published in 1855, over 160 years ago. But the excerpt... https://t.co/pXgqhlHVdI
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Given: Poems
Wendell Berry
"The Peace of Wild Things" https://t.co/quLlwhsokC by Wendell Berry is one of my favorite poems. When I lose heart in the human world, I need the peace and renewal I find in nature. I can't always get to the woods. But I can always... https://t.co/A9shSZcuhK
Paperback, 2006
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Letters from Maine: Poems
May Sarton
“Now I Become Myself” is one of my favorite May Sarton poems. It has a lot of moving parts, but I find all of... https://t.co/7Cu9tM6QIx
Paperback, 2012
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