The Washington Post calls Leaning Toward Light “lush” and “a delight,” and the Boston Globe declares it “hopeful.”
“shimmering, shattering beauty” — BOSTON GLOBE ON RIFT ZONE: Best Books of 2020, Best Poetry of 2020
upcoming events & Courses
April 28, 2024 |Berkeley, CA 2:00–4:30pm Family Friendly Earth day poetry festival, Poetry Library and Deck Black Pine Circle School
MAY 11, 2024 | Bolinas, California 2:00PM Bolinas MUSEUM Hannah Yerington, TESS TAYLOR, and Emeline during "Even Still" by Janis Yerington, a still-life exhibit on prayer and local produce
MAY 15, 2024 | Minneapolis, MN 7:00—8:00pm CDT Milkweed Books, Open Book Literary Center Join Tess Taylor for a reading from her new book Leaning Toward Light. Tess will be joined in conversation by local author Beth Dooley, where they'll discuss building community, sustainability, and cultivating richness at the intersection of food, plants, and literature. There will be time for audience questions and a book signing.
Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 6 PM, followed by the reading and conversation beginning at 7 pM
CAMPFIRE Featuring Tess Taylor: A multimedia, interactive story-telling event incorporating heart-forward conversation and readings from LEANING TOWARD LIGHT, Hosted in a ritually-inflected format
SACRED EARTH CONVERSATIONS Welcomes Tess Taylor for an intimate conversation exploring eco-philosophical, eco-poetic, and eco-theological questions of theory and practice with respect to how we relate with the more-than-human-world
Tess Taylor, reading along with poets: David Baker, Sophie Cabot Black, Mark Doty, Kirun Kapur, Danusha Laméris, and Gary Lawless (reading Nanao Sakaki)
JUNE 20, 2024 | online 2:00—5:00PM san francisco zen center
Workshop with Tova Green, Poetic Explorations: Cultivating Awareness in the Garden of the Senses