News from 3 Chairs
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Author Jen Payne Featured in International Anthology of Poems
Author Jen Payne’s poem MEASURING WATER BY SOUND has been included in Coffee Poems: Reflections on Life with Coffee published by World Enough Writers. This international anthology contains 167 “richly-roasted, verbally aromatic poems” by poets from 34 states, 5 provinces, and 12 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, France, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and…
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The Bravery of Storytelling
Several years ago, I was meeting with a client I hadn’t seen in a few years. We started with the usual Hi. How are You? I’m Fine. How are You? small talk protocol, but then she saw a reliquary hanging on the wall in my office. The reliquary — traditionally a container for holy objects…
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New Haven Bioregional Group POTLUCK & POETRY
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 • 6:00 p.m. First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven featuring Evidence of Flossing by Naturalist Jen Payne On Saturday, January 26, the New Haven Bioregional Group will host author and naturalist Jen Payne for a poetry reading and book signing featuring her book Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind. The event,…
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Winter Reading
Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind. Purchase a signed copy today!
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Read More! Join me?
As you may have guessed, I’m a big fan of the Goodreads Reading Challenge. Last year, it helped me reads more than 50 books; see Goodreads: A Year in Books (2018). This year, I’m hoping to get to even more of the books on my To Read list. Join me? Visit Goodreads to sign up…
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Find Evidence of Flossing and Explore Our Divine Connection with Nature
Every day, we are reminded of our direct effect on the world around us—the Pacific island of garbage twice the size of Texas, the billions of plastic water bottles thrown out each year, the millions of sea birds and marine mammals killed by our collective debris. But there is a great disconnect: we hear about…
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TRAILER: Evidence of Flossing
The writing in Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind are, at their heart, love poems to the something greater within all of us. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Oliver, naturalist Jen Payne explores the essence of spiritual ecology: the human condition juxtaposed to the natural world and the possibility of…
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BOOK REVIEW by Writer Juliana Lightle
“Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind provides an unexpected metaphor for individual life, culture, and so much more. Nearly all the poems are accompanied with a photograph, often of trash in which lays a dental flosser (yes, one of those instruments with which you floss your teeth) with date and location. Flossing is supposed to…
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BOOK REVIEW by Writer Christopher Liccardi
“I have to say, this book not only struck a nerve but felt more relevant with each page I read. Jennifer has captured the seemingly inexhaustible supply of humanity in a collection of poems and street photography that speak volumes about what we leave behind.” – Christopher Liccardi >> CLICK HERE to read the full…
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BOOK REVIEW by Rita Kowats, Spirituality Without Borders
“Jen Payne’s book, Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind, carries prophetic power in the spaces between its words. It is truth and beauty delivered to us in wide-eyed wonder by a child’s heart passionately in love with nature.” – Rita Kowats, Spirituality Without Borders >> CLICK HERE to read the full review. EVIDENCE OF…
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BOOK REVIEW by Poet Joss Burnel
“Not only will Jen make you feel, think and ponder your own walk through life, but her book has photography that will do the same. Poetry as social commentary has a long history of impacting our world…” – Joss Burnel, Depth of A Woman (Photo ©Jen Payne) EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING: What We Leave Behind Jennifer…
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