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How to Pay Attention: On the Value of Stillness and Silence in All Seasons

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

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

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

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

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.'

John Lewis: 'Read Everything. Be Kind. Be Bold.'

In Conversation with an American Hero

By Margaret Renkl | November 28, 2016

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