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Instructions for Traveling West: Poems
Instructions for Traveling West: Poems | Joy Sullivan
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A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what's possible when we heed our instincts and honor our intuition, allowing ourselves to strike out for new territories of love, pleasure, and peace. First you must realize you're homesick for all the lives you're not living. Then, you must commit to the road and the rising loneliness. To the sincere thrill of coming apart. So begins Joy Sullivan's Instructions for Traveling West--a lush debut collection that examines what happens when we leave home and leap into the deep unknown. Mid-pandemic, Sullivan left the man she planned to marry, sold her house, quit her corporate job, and drove west. This dazzling collection tells that story as it illuminates the questions haunting us all: What possible futures lie on the horizon? What happens when we heed the call of furious reinvention? A book for anyone flinging themselves into fresh starts, Instructions for Traveling West grapples with loss, loneliness and belonging. These poems teach us that naming our desire is profound alchemy. Each of us holds the power to set our own course forward. Expansive and heart-opening--exquisite in their specificity, galvanizing in their scope--the poems in Instructions for Traveling West speak to the longing that lives within us all. They remind us that "joy is not a trick."
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kspenmoll
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#hyggehourreadathon
Me, my kitties, hot cinnamon milk, & a book.

TheBookHippie Oh yummmmm 1w
Librarybelle Kitty cuddles!! 1w
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Bookwormjillk Cinnamon milk sounds delicious. I‘ll have to try that some night. 1w
AmyG Ha! It‘s a wonder you get any reading done. 1w
dabbe Those kitties sure love their mamma! 🤩🖤🐾🐾🖤🤩 1w
kspenmoll @Librarybelle @AmyG @dabbe The kitties keep me warm & yes, sometimes Poe bats at my book or sits on it. 😹 7d
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“Bear beauty for as long as you are able and if you spot a sunning warbler glowing like a prism, remind yourself— joy is not a trick.”
#poetry #joy

TheBookHippie Pretty!!!! 2w
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My StoryGraph 2024 wrap-up. It was a solid reading year with lots of fabulous books across many genres. Tagged book was my best of the year. Absolutely LOVE Joy Sullivan's poetry, and I read this volume repeatedly throughout the year and carried it with me for a couple months including across the Atlantic on vacation. Cannot recommend enough ☺️

sarahbarnes Love Ali Smith so much. 🩵 3mo
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Vitality in each line. An ode to living even when it feels impossible. A wood frog defrosting its heart.

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I've never been so excited for a book release. I raced down to pick up my pre-ordered copy from my local indie on lunch today. Grabbed a coffee at the cafe next door and sat simply staring at the cover almost afraid to open it up. And when I did start reading with held breath, I began to find myself on every page. Joy Sullivan has such a way of bringing beauty to the ordinary. Her poems always connect, and her writing is devastatingly beautiful.

Tamra Love those days! 12mo
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Sooo excited about this poetry collection coming out in April 2024. Joy Sullivan has become a favorite poet of mine over the last year or so, and I could not be more thrilled for this volume! Check out her Instagram https://instagram.com/joysullivanpoet or linktree https://linktr.ee/joysullivanpoet1 if you're so inclined! 😊