Consolations by David Whyte

Consolations by David WhyteIn Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our

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The child looks and recognizes before it can speak

happier and to question the habits of the digital age

In On Seamus Heaney

A national figure at a time when nationality was deeply contested

The New York Times-bestselling

Since then he has written a series of remarkable essays

As Brexit grips Britain

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and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy

Heaney refused to don the mantle of public spokesperson