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I always thought that if I just got a bit of a hearing in the States, the Americans would somehow find the thread. And while I ve been fortunate in so many places in this world to have my work considered it s a beautiful list the Americans have given me the benefit of the [ ] The post Sifting Shards in the Bonehouse: Event with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson appeared first on Orphan…
I heard it the first time on stage in a NYC hall over a decade ago, at the very first Night of Grief and Mystery, before it was named so: ‘If we never get to do this again…” Strange, I thought, what’s he talking about? We’re supposed to do this tomorrow night in Berkeley, [ ] The post If We Never Get To Do This Again appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Stephen Jenkinson s newest book: Trembling, Still is now available The hard truth of publishing: you ve probably heard of a book because of something someone else said or wrote about it. The next hard truth: what people write about new books in particular comes to us mostly through the filter, or the pipeline, or [ ] The post Allies of a New Book appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Free Online Event with Stephen Jenkinson Point Reyes Books is hosting Stephen Jenkinson as he discusses his new book: Trembling, Still: The Awful Clarity of a Mind in Eclipse July 7th at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET Ned Buskirk of YG2D (You’re Going To Die) will interview Stephen Jenkinson for [ ] The post Free Online July 7th Trembling, Still Event appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Cover Cool Where the money came from I can t recall. But eventually I had enough. Down to the drug store on the corner I went, to make the first purchase of this kind, ever. I seemed to know which one I was going to buy, never having bought a record before. A bit shy, I [ ] The post Cover Cool appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Join Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson this Sunday for an online event to debut Stephen Jenkinson’s new book: Trembling, Still: The Awful Clarity of a Mind in Eclipse Free Online Book Event 12 Noon ET, June 7th, 2026 “Set beauty apart from the world, and its beauty that suffers, and [ ] The post Set beauty apart from the world, and its beauty that suffers appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Before it was Caldera by Gregory Hoskins If there is such a thing as a beginning of this recording, it is likely in an all-but-empty Mercedes Sprinter I dubbed ‘Black Mamba II’, somewhere between LA and Portland at the end of our 2019 tour. The scenery outside the tinted windows is drought [ ] The post Before it was Caldera appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Caldera A language, the ways of speaking that it grants, is a beautiful thing. In its twists and turns and alleys it is a medieval hilltop town, a gathering of unlikelies arms-length from each other. Bring one word close to another, and things happen. They lean and jostle and avail, and meanings are [ ] The post Caldera appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
Trembling, Still: The Awful Clarity of a Mind in Eclipse Stephen Jenkinson On Trembling Still: Crafting Wholeness From Hurt A glimpse into a book s beginnings a live conversation with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson Free Online Book Event 12 Noon ET, June 7th, 2026 The post Free Online Trembling, Still Book Event: Crafting Wholeness From Hurt appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .
You think you know your life. You know the gateways, the walls and windows, the trapdoors. Maybe it s truer to say that you know about your life what you can afford at any given time to know. The rest will make itself known. Ready or not , it says. Not a threat. A [ ] The post You think you know your life appeared first on Orphan Wisdom .