Here are some of the books I’ve been reading during this period of healing.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a new English version by Stephen Mitchell
A beautifully written and poetic, if academically incomplete, blend of versions from a two thousand year period weaving the heartbreaking love story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu. We are living every day this same heartbreaking love story between our magnificent, grief-defended and feral civilized selves and the great natural cultures of animals and plants in which we humans can also live, love and be a blessing.
The Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
The dream time and the natural world conspire to seep into grief-stricken Eastern Europe, mysteriously and intimately weaving together the hopes and dreams of humans, elephants, dogs, gargoyles and snow.
The Mouse and His Child, by Russell Hoban, illustrated by David Small
The courageous and beautiful life of the being we call the mineral tin as it manifests in this strange and heartbreaking world of mechanization, betrayal, love and the universal longing for home.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
The courageous, patient and beautiful life of matter has its heart cracked open again and again as it is carved by the winds of expectation, loss and possibility.
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart, illustrated by Carson Elli
Four kids, like four chambers of one heart, learn to love and trust their own and each other’s uniquenesses, courageousnesses and weirdnesses as together they attempt to crack open a Big Brother-like world so that more life can sprout forth.
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