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If We Never Get To Do This Again
Posted August 6, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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:...
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Allies of a New Book
Posted August 2, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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Free Online July 7th Trembling, Still Event
Posted June 29, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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Cover Cool
Posted June 17, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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Set beauty apart from the world, and its beauty that suffers
Posted June 2, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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Before it was Caldera
Posted May 28, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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Caldera
Posted May 20, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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Free Online Trembling, Still Book Event: Crafting Wholeness From Hurt
Posted May 19, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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 -...
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You think you know your life
Posted April 30, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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