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notes of endless joy

essay collections that reflect on delight, joy, and wonderment. and that inspire readers to do the same!

The Anthropocene Reviewed

No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar

One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder

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No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays

Blending Memoirs with Research, Poetry, Culture

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Books that are part memoir part another genre: in a way that blends multiple mediums and/or themes in unique and engaging ways. Magical, explosive and memorable narratives expressed with creativity and depth. Books that inspire me to write more.

Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming

The Pain Journal (Native Agents)

Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

life and why we live it

nonfiction books about living that make you feel ALIVE and glad of it

Humans of New York: Stories

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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

Humans of New York: Stories

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Essay Collections to Ponder

A list of essay collections when you want something short but informative enough to ponder.

Bluets

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life

A Horse at Night: On Writing

Bluets

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Maggie Rogers Recommendations

by sunshinefalls

The Nightingale

Reading the Waves: A Memoir

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The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

The Nightingale

Reading the Waves: A Memoir

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

So Sad Today: Personal Essays

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

The Planet of my Discontent

by starsandsnow

The Lover

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

Aqua viva

Cruel Optimism

The Lover

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

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