New Release!
Poems from the Wilderness
Wilderness inspired poems composed on the trail by an American doctor and poet, sharing his love of the backcountry, trail-walking, camping, and the “wilderness effect,” a unique sensation of aliveness and deep connection. Winner of the Proverse Prize!
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This Fall Jack read one poem each week from Poems from the Wilderness; the recordings are available on YouTube. He hopes you enjoy this sampling of poetry, all composed while solo hiking Vermont’s Long Trail and the Appalachian Trail.
Before the Court of Heaven
Historical fiction based on the true story of a fascist assassin, Ernst Werner Techow and his turning from evil. Three themes impel this novel: understanding the rise of Nazism, unfathomable forgiveness, and the complexity of redemption. A portrait of Germany between world wars, from revolution and unrest following World War I to the rise of the Nazis, World War II and the Holocaust, Before the Court of Heaven portrays ordinary people becoming complicit in extraordinary crimes.
Life in a Jar
The Irena Sendler Project
The non-fiction account of a Polish Catholic social worker, Irena Sendler, who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. After the war her story remained unknown. Sixty years later, three Kansas teens researching a National History Day project find a reference to her heroism, which became a play they call Life in a Jar. Their play elevates Irena Sendler to hero and helps crack open Polish dialogue about the Holocaust. Three girls from Kansas “rescue the rescuer.”
"This moving collection of poems immerses the reader in the natural world and expounds on the solace and solitude that comes from hiking countless miles on trails through wilderness, mountains, and forests…"
US Review of Books - Poems from the Wilderness
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