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The Cushion in the Road : : Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's way

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On Barack Obama -- The road of life -- The settled mind -- "This is what you shall do" -- Letters -- On Palestine -- Onward.
Essays revisiting themes the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist, and activist has addressed throughout her career, exploring her conflicting impulses to retreat into inner contemplation and to remain deeply engaged with the world: racism, Africa, solidarity with the Palestinian people, the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, Cuba, health care, and the work of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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PUBLISHED
New York : The New Press, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xii, 365 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781595588722
1595588728

SUBJECTS
American essays.