Each year editors across the United States scour literary journals and magazines to choose their favorite articles or essays.
When they put them together in book format, the books are called anthologies.
Listed below are some anthologies that I’ve had the privelege of being chosen for.
Anthologies
The Best Spiritual Writing 2012
My essay, “Burial Cloth Removed” (First published in River Teeth Journal) was chosen from thousands of entries to be included along with these 30 essays!
Other essayists include: Billy Collins, Pico Iyer, Marilynne Robinson, and C. W. Williams.
This book is my first PENGUIN publication. A dream come true!
“ This is an elegant collection that gathers intimate, thought-provoking work by some of the nation's most esteemed writers. “ Editor Philip Yancey (Penguin Books)
Becoming: What Makes a Woman
Becoming: What Makes a Woman, Editor Jill McCabe Johnson (University of Nebraska Press)
Exquisitely written stories of ordinary and extraordinary experiences, from harrowing to hilarious, the pivotal life moments that make us who we are today.
“An astonishing array of gifted writers explore intimacy, doubt, love, joy, and sorrow to form this exhilarating anthology. A rich and wonderful read.” ~ Dinty W. Moore
The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey
The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey, Editors Linda Joy Myers PhD, and Brooke Warner (She Writes Press)
38 writers share their hard-won wisdom, stories, and writing tips. Also includes interviews from best-selling memoirists Mary Karr, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Azar Nafisi, Dani Shapiro, Sue William Silverman, and others.
The Wonder Years: 40 Women over 40 on Aging, Faith, Beauty, and Strength
Editor Leslie Leyland Fields chose two of my essays to include in this collection!
“Forty incredible women of faith from 40 to 85 tackle aging head-on--and upend stereotypes with compelling first-person stories full of humor, sass, and spiritual wisdom.”
Other Writers include Joni Eareckson Tada, Kay Lauren Winner, Warren, Elisa Morgan, Luci Shaw, and Kay Warren.