If you believe books can help us survive adversity, heal, live more fully, and change in ways we never thought we could – or if you simply can’t live without books – this blog is for you.
I grew up in a family affected by mental illness. For me, books were a lifeline – my mentors and teachers, my inspiration, my passage to different worlds both real and imagined.
Books Can Save a Life is about literary fiction and nonfiction that touch us personally, enrich our lives, and awe us with the beauty and power of good writing.
Books can save lives on a grand scale, too, so you’ll also find here writers with provocative things to say about our future.
My Excavating a Life posts about the memoir writing life include wisdom from artists & writers who can inspire our creative practices.
If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memory. This is how people care for themselves.
Crow and Weasel , by Barry Lopez
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