Reckoning came on: A younger woman no longer young, author and teacher in her own right, sends a note in late fall 2021 to someone she doesn’t know, an older man not yet old, author too and activist of some kind. She proposes a talk she’ll promote. Her purpose: to wonder about what is happening to the moorings of her generation. Whole-person heartbreak ensues, prompting another session, the next evening. As winter comes on, they do five more. By then, something is born of their wonderings. They consider the transcripts, they write a letter to each other, blessings of a kind, bindings of a kind. Reckoning is what they call their meeting and their book.
Reckoning is the cultural cyphering of Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson. It’s an unguarded, sober meeting with Spirit Work, Elderhood, Grief and Plague and Building Culture in a Me-First Era. To be tried at home. With Companions.
Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson
Kimberly Ann Johnson is the bestselling author of the early mothering classic The Fourth Trimester: Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, published in seven languages around the world. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Vogue, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar. She is the host of the Sex, Birth and Trauma podcast with over half a million unique downloads.
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