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How to Pay Attention: On the Value of Stillness and Silence in All Seasons
Margaret Renkl Encourages Us to Explore the Wild, Wonderful World of Our Backyards
By
Margaret Renkl
| September 23, 2024
Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi
“Always I find more answers in a forest than I find in my own hot attic of a mind.”
By
Margaret Renkl
| October 24, 2023
Margaret Renkl on Finding Ideas Everywhere
"I pay attention to the natural world."
By
Margaret Renkl
| September 17, 2021
Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again
Margaret Renkl on the Unexpected Catalyst for Writing Her First Book
By
Margaret Renkl
| July 19, 2019
How the Federal Government Saved Literature in Tennessee
On the Vital Importance of the NEH and the NEA
By
Margaret Renkl
| May 4, 2017
John Lewis: 'Read Everything. Be Kind. Be Bold.'
In Conversation with an American Hero
By
Margaret Renkl
| November 28, 2016
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