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Enough Time
Posted September 15, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Enough Time | Here in the west we've a strange notion of time. We think it moves predictably, faithfully and inexorably from the past, that it pours through this little...
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Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson in-person October 7th in North Carolina
Posted September 15, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson | Wednesday, October 7th, 2026 | 7:00 – 9:30 PM ET | In-person at Kittredge Theatre, Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa, North Carolina |...
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Caldera and Author Talk/Book Signing Event in Vancouver
Posted September 11, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Two in-person events in Vancouver, BC | Caldera | Sunday, October 18th, 7pm | Stephen Jenkinson brings his band back to Vancouver October 18th to perform the new Nights of...
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Reflections of a Vehement Fellow
Posted September 2, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Reflections of a Vehement Fellow | Should you have been born in a storm, the likelihood is that you're a stormy presence. Or, just as likely, you're almost unnaturally calm....
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I Think I’m In
Posted August 26, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
L. Cohen tells the story of being driven to his first big gig - may have been Newport - by his lawyer (he had a lawyer already?) and fretting aloud...
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Sifting Shards in the Bonehouse: Early Bird Pricing Ends Tonight
Posted August 17, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Sifting Shards in the Bonehouse | with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson | Live in Santa Fe | October 1 & 2 | Early Bird Price Available | Until...
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Sifting Shards in the Bonehouse: Event with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson
Posted August 12, 2026 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
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...
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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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