Listening Against the Stone

by Miller, Brenda

• ISBN13: 9781558966437
• ISBN10: 1558966439
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: Skinner House Books

Summary

Listening Against the Stonebrings together selections spanning the breadth of the work of Brenda Miller, including six essays that have won the Pushcart Prize. These deeply personal essays paint a picture of how her sense of spirituality has evolved and shifted through the years: always rooted in a strong desire for connection. Together, they tell the story of a single woman her way, stumbling but always seeking out touchstones--a dog, a friend, a painting, a tree--to help her gain her true bearings.

Author Biography

Brenda Miller is the author of Season of the Body and co-author of Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction. She is a professor, of English at Western Washington, University and serves as editor-in-chief of the Bellingham Review. Miller lives in Bellingham, Washington, with her dog Abbe and cat Madrona, both of whom are acting as muses for her next book.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Blessings
Incantations	p. 3
Basha Leah	p. 17
Next Year in Jerusalem	p. 37
A Different Person	p. 52
I Need a Miracle	p. 64
Blessing of the Animals	p. 69
A Thousand Buddhas
A Dharma Name	p. 89
Music of the Spheres	p. 93
How to Meditate	p. 100
A Thousand Buddhas	p. 112
Twelve Ways of Looking at Patience	p. 123
Infant Ward	p. 138
Raging Waters	p. 147
Dirty Windows	p. 154
The Burden of Bearing Fruit	p. 157
At The Edge of the World
Hungers	p. 175
Our Daily Toast	p. 188
Enticement	p. 193
The 23rd Adagio	p. 199
Secret Machine	p. 204
Opalescent	p. 211
The Dog at the Edge of the World	p. 226
Bodyguard	p. 232
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