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In this memoir of the craft, Ben Palpant unpacks a lifetime of wisdom gained through the long, hard work of learning to write and to live well. Delivered as a series of letters from father to daughter, he patiently and gracefully paints a vision of what it means to enter into one's creative work as an act of generative obedience - an act that blesses the writer, the work itself, and the world that receives it.

Discover the wisdom and wonder of poetry through candid conversations with some of the most powerful poets of the 21st century. In this remarkable collection, Ben Palpant, author of Letters from The Mountain, invites listeners into intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen acclaimed poets.

Mole did not set out to find adventure, it found him most inconveniently while he was smoking his pipe by the fire. Which is exactly what any self-respecting mole ought to do on a cold winter night. When he set out for Rabbit's house, he had no idea it was the beginning of an unforgettable story. He certainly did not expect to get lost. Nor did he expect to face Midnight, the bloodthirsty dog. But that's how most good stories begin. Unexpectedly.