DEEP BEAUTY: Experiencing Wonder When the World Is on Fire is a collection of 41 essays that will lift your spirits and inspire you to explore beauty at a time when the world seems overwhelmingly harsh and ugly. We live in times that are especially troubling. Russian aggression, white nationalism, and partisan politics dominate our national discourse. The word “beautiful” has been used to describe the wall on our country’s southern border and letters from a murderous autocrat. Beauty is seen as little more than a slogan. Where and how do we find beauty in the midst of all this chaos? The writers who have contributed to this collection have found beauty in experiences of happiness, sadness, pain, and loss, discovering in the process that true beauty—deep beauty—can still be part of our lives.

Co-edited by Rosemary Winslow and Catherine Lee, the collection includes a foreword by Thomas Moore, author of Aging Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy.