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The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005

The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005

Penned By Phillip Zaleski
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The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005

The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005

Penned By Phillip Zaleski
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The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005 includes: The gift of the call / Christopher BamfordThe Acusmata of Pythagoras / Brian BlanchfieldReplies to the immediate / Scott CairnsKaddish / Richard ChessAdvent stanzas / Robert CordingBest of intentions / Harvey CoxThe emergent mystique / Andy CrouchJoyas voladoras / Brian DoyleThe French guy / David James Duncan"You kill it, you eat it" and other lessons from my thrifty childhood / Jean Bethke ElshtainAn entomologist's dilemma / Margaret ErhartSighs too deep for words : on being bad at reading the Bible / Helen GarnerA skull in Varanasi, a head in Baghdad / Todd GitlinWhen the candle is blown out / Natalie GoldbergAppetite for the absolute / Mary GordonPilgrim / Patricia HamplGift / Brooks HaxtonSelf-portrait / Edward HirschDr. King's refrigerator / Charles JohnsonUs and them / Maria Poggi JohnsonWonder bread / Heather KingThe genius / Philip LevinePassed on / Thomas LynchHigh fidelity / Bill McKibbenTo the Gods / W.S. MerwinKierkegaard for grownups / Richard John NeuhausSpeed / Oliver SacksThe master-disciple relationship / Huston SmithNo shadow / Gary SnyderCoveting Luke's faith / Dana TierneyTwo short essays / Ptolemy TompkinsThe Passion's passionate despisers / Kenneth L. WoodwardWrong notes / Charles WrightPrescience / Franz Wright

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Released October 5, 2005
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Phillip Zaleski writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Phillip Zaleski lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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