updated 12/18/24

Q1

1. ishmael – daniel quinn
2. zen is right here – shunryu suzuki
3. zen in the art of archery – eugen herrigel
4. midnight verse – robert lynn
5. demon copperhead – barbara kingsolver
6. doppelganger – naomi klein
7. the woman in me – britney spears
8. already free: buddhism meets psychotherapy on the path of liberation – bruce tift
9. time is a mother – ocean vuong
10. letters to a young poet – rainer maria rilke
11. trout fishing in america – richard brautigan
12. wintering – katherine may
13. polysecure – jessica fern

Q2

1. little weirds – jenny slate
2. patterns of chaos – colin kapp
3. still life with oysters and lemon – mark doty
4. thicker than water – kerry washington
5. the house on mango street – sandra cisneros
6. seeds of contemplation – thomas merton
7. the vanishing half – brit bennett
8. homegoing – yaa gyasi
9. the white wave – kate daniels
10. rodin: revealing hands – helene marraud

Q3

1. introduction 7: stories by new writers
2. this present moment – gary snyder
3. the hole story – daniel wallace
4. the only survivors – megan miranda
5. the wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder – david grann
6. this is supposed to be fun – myisha battle
7. mazes and labyrinths – w.h. matthews
8. the pisces – melissa broder
9. yellowface – r.f. kuang
10. giovanni’s room – james baldwin
11. it’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be – paul arden
12. the notebooks of malte laurids brigge (snow translation) – rainer maria rilke

Q4

1. visions of japan – inose kou
2. the house with the face on the chimney – michael konvicka
3. misery – stephen king
4. elect mr. robinson for a better world – daniel antrim
5. letters to a young painter – rainer maria rilke
6. the serviceberry – robin wall kimmerer
7. dirt to soil: one family’s journey into regenerative agriculture – gabe brown
8. bluets – maggie nelson
9. an ocean of minutes – thea lim
10. what’s up there – dinah moche
11. come with me: poems for a journey – naomi shihab nye
12. small things like these – claire keegan
13. duino elegies – rainer maria rilke