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Sites that have featured Anne McCrady & InSpiritry
- Anne's FaceBook Page - a daily Question for the Day writing prompt plus commentary
- Anne's LinkedIn Page - the daily Question for the Day writing prompt plus commentary
- Anne's Twitter Feed - the daily Question for the Day plus news and commentary
- Art of Peace Festival - supporter, 2009, 2010 and 2011 feature poet
- Art of Peace Festival Tyler - founder, feature poet and poetry anthology editor
- Austin International Poetry Festival - participant, 2010 Texas feature poet
- Baylor University House of Poetry - Anne did poetry workshops in 2010 and 2011
- Best American Poetry - blogpost recommended Wingbeats poetry lesson anthology
- Bohemia - avant garde literary journal that has published Anne's work
- Di-verse-city - 2008 guest editor for Austin Int'l Poetry Festival anthology
- Book of Hopes and Dreams - an international anthology for peace
- Career Adventure - Anne's guest blog post
- Christmas Angel Tree Project - Dec, 2007, newspaper article about Anne
- County Line - Anne was the arts magazine's 2012 poetry contest winner
- Dallas International Women's Peace Conference - poet, member profiles
- Dos Gatos Press - several Dos Gatos publications include Anne's writing
- East Texas Poetry - news, organizations and photos, Anne is webmaster
- East Texas Writers Guild - Anne has a listing with this literary group
- English in Texas - former featured poet in journal of Texas Teachers of English
- Examiner - article about Anne and Austin International Poetry Festival
- GG Media Productions - the recording studio in Tyler, Texas that Anne uses
- Goddard College MA Program - website listing
- Henderson Daily News - Anne's local community work is often featured
- Hen's Nest - Anne wrote a guest blog post
- House of Poetry - Anne has presented workshops at this annual Baylor Univ. event
- Incurable Disease of Writing - Anne's guest blog posts
- InSpiritry Journal - Anne's latest publication and appearance information
- Listen to InSpiritry - online audio of Anne's poetry, stories, essays & speeches
- Museum of Fine Art Houston - Anne's poetry is featured on an audio tour
- National Storytelling Network - Anne's storytelling profile and contact page
- Pineywoods Live - East Texas arts newspaper that did a feature on Anne
- Poetry Society of Texas - Anne is a councilor for this prestigious group
- Pudding House Press - Anne won the 2007 Chapbook contest
- San Gabriel Writers League Bulletin - poetry presentation
- Speaking of Faith - an essay on spiritual honesty
- Texas Poetry Live Workshop - work cited in TCTELA conference
- Texas Poetry Calendar - Anne's poems have appeared in many annual anthologies
- The Touchstone Magazine - published poems
- Unitarian Universalist of Tyler Newsletter - inspirational presentations
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Longview - inspirational presentations
Inspiration & Creativity
Faith, Values & Spirituality
Peacemakers
Peacework Organizations & Websites
Poverty, Education, Conflict Resolution, Service, Philanthropy, Environment,
Health, Justice, Women, Children, Economic Dev., Families, Prosperity, Peace,
- ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union, defending America's freedoms
- ACORN - supporting American community organizations for reform
- Alzheimer's Alliance of Smith County - offering Hope, Help and a Hand to Hold
- A Few Good Sites - an online search network of websites
- Alliance for the New Humanity - global community of peacemakers
- Altrusa International Inc - a peaceminded non profit
- American Friends Service Committee - Quakers who take action for a Better World
- American Hero Quilts - seamstresses who make quilts for injured soldiers
- Americorp - network of American community service programs
- Annie E. Casey Foundation - serving children and families
- Appleseed Network - top minds focused on social justice solutions
- Amnesty International - monitors political crimes around the world
- As You Sow - planting seeds of social change
- Ashoka - innovators for the public good, promoting social entreprenuerism
- Be Peace - a website offering inspiring art, music, stories and writing
- BePeace - Razur Foundation's program to Feel Peace. Speak Peace. Teach Peace.
- Better Human Race - a search engine of which gives its profits to good causes
- BetterWorld Project - together we can create a better world
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - global innovations in health & learning
- Boys and Girls Club of America - the positive place for kids and families
- Boys to Men - supporting intentional fatherhood
- Bread for the World - seeking justice, ending hunger
- CARE - serving the poor around the world
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - at work in the world since 1910
- Center for Social Initiative and Management - promoting social entrepreneurship
- Center on Philanthropy - academic center for understanding philanthropy
- Ceres - investors and NGOs working for sustainable prosperity
- Chalk4Peace - worldwide art project for youth in the name of peace
- Change.org - social network for social activism
- Clinton Foundation - President Clinton's global efforts
- Covenant House - giving homeless young people a place to sleep and more
- Compassionate Listening Project - teaching peacemaking skills
- Cool People Care - because there is no such thing as not enough time
- Co-op America - economic action for a just planet
- Creativity for Peace Camp - brings Arab and Israeli girls together
- Crooked Trails - travel with a purpose
- Dallas Peace Center - organization in Dallas, Texas with many local activities
- Doctors Without Borders - international medical aid
- Engineers Without Borders - building better futures
- Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice - a San Antonio organization
- Food First - eliminating the injustices that cause hunger
- Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide - remembering heroes amid genocide
- Feminist Majority Foundation - women's political, economic & social equality
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation - education, arts & the environment
- Give - Better Business Bureau's wise giving alliance
- Girls, Inc. - inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold
- Giving Matters - connecting generosity with need
- Global Oneness Project - showcase of wisdom based on One World
- Grameen Bank - microlending pioneer started by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus
- Grants for Single Mothers - information and resources for families
- Greater Good South Africa - supporting innovative non-profit orgs in South Africa
- Greater Good Parenting - Greater Good Science Center's family page
- Habitat for Humanity - partners with families to build new homes
- Healing Story Alliance - resource for peace and wisdom stories
- Heifer International - ending hunger, caring for the earth
- Human Rights First - supporting human rights and rule of law
- Human Rights Watch - insuring international accountability
- Idealist - positive opportunities to earn, volunteer and network
- Independent Sector - coalition of charitable groups and individuals
- International Institute of Peace through Tourism
- International Justice Mission - working for human and civil rights around the world
- International Peace Academy - policy development to end armed conflict
- Just Means - Business. Better. networking for social entrepreneurs
- Kiva - facilitating personal micro-lending internationally
- Madre - international efforts for women and families
- Metro Dallas Homeless Allliance - 86 agencies united to end homelessness
- More Than We Know - information, inspiration & support for women entrepreneurs
- Natural Resources Defense Council - in Earth's defense
- Network for Good - give to your favorite charities all in one place
- Network for Peace through Dialogue - conversation as a way to peace
- ONE Campaign - Bono's call for 1% of GDP to eliminate worldwide poverty
- Oxfam - international NGOs united to fight poverty and injustice
- Peace X Peace - connecting women for peace
- Peace People - promoting a nonviolent future
- Peace Pole Makers - building poles that say "May Peace Prevail on Earth"
- PeaceAction - practical, positive alternatives for peace
- Peacemakers Inc. - historic women's peace organization in Dallas, Texas
- Peacemonger - inspirational peace bumper stickers, mugs, clothing & jewelry
- Planned Parenthood - offering reproductive health to all women
- Plowshares Project - a Christian college peace studies collaborative
- Plan - supporting children and their families in poor communities worldwide
- Project Gaia - providing clean, safe ethanol stoves to families in Haiti and Africa
- Red Cross - premier NGO responding to international crises
- Room to Read - World Change Starts with Educated Children literacy programs
- Rotary International - promoting service above self
- Save Darfur Coalition - a global alliance of NGOs working for peace in Darfur
- Save the Children - creating lasting change for children
- Search for Common Ground - Understand differences, Act on Commonalities
- Service for Peace - service learning with a global perspective
- Shuttleworth Foundation - social development for South Africa
- Small Planet Institute - Living Democracy. Feeding Hope.
- Skoll Foundation - investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs
- Social Edge - by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs
- Teachers Without Borders - Teachers. Leaders. Worldwide.
- Texans for Peace - Texas ambassadors for peace and justice
- Texas Freedom Network - religious freedom and individual liberties
- Texas Institute for Creativity and Innovation - SFASU collaborative
- The Berkana Institute - a network of resources for global transformation
- The Carter Center - works around the world for political freedom
- The Clinton Global Initiative - supporting philanthropic connections worldwide
- The Commonwealth - fifty-three nations working for democracy and development
- The GAVI Alliance - public and private sector collaboration for child health
- The Green Belt Movement - women planting trees worldwide
- The Lance Armstrong Foundation - premier athlete fighting back against cancer
- The Opportunity Agenda - building a national will to expand opportunity in America
- The Peace Corps - American agency that pioneered international in-country service
- The Dallas Peace Center - Sponsors many local peace initiatives
- Tikkun - heal, repair & transform the world
- UN - the United Nations, the world's only globally inclusive body
- UNFPA - the United Nations global populations fund, because everyone counts
- UNICEF - serving children around the world through the United Nations
- UNIFEM - the United Nations fund for women's iniatives
- United Nations - our best hope for international collaboration
- UniversalGiving - global giving and volunteering opportunities
- Vital Voices Global Partnership - empowering women's roles in the world
- Wallace Foundation - education, leadership, lifelong learning
- Women for Women - helping women survivors of war
- Women Together - Russian peace center
- Women Waging Peace - strong women with strong ideas
- World Centers of Compassion for Children International (WCCCI)
- World Health Organization - United Nations efforts for global health
- World Peace Emerging - news about people daring to save the world
- World Peace Prayer Society - spreading the prayer, May Peace Prevail on Earth
- World Vision International - Christian relief for poverty and injustice
- WorldReader - Gates-backed, provides digital books to developing countries
Greater Good/Peacework Events
Non-Profit Resources
Greater Good Companies
Greater Good Business Groups
Greater Good Business Events
Science, Innovation, Sustainability & STEM/Arts Education
Progressive Politics, News & Media
Peace Publications, Arts Magazines & Inspirational Periodicals
Recommended Books for a Better World
- A Book of Luminous Things ed. by Czelaw Milosz - international poetry anthology
- A Human Being Died That Night by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela - South Africa
- A Passion for Excellence by Tom Peters - the leadership classic
- A World of Ideas by Bill Moyer - a great thinker leads us to open our minds
- After Empire by Sharon Welch - the art and ethose of enduring peace
- Aging Well by Vaillant, et al - what makes a long & happy life
- An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor - a Geography of Faith
- An Open Heart by the Dalai Lama - an introduction to Buddhism
- Ansel Adams, an Autobiography by Ansel Adams - the great Nature photographer
- Aging Well by George Vaillant - guideposts to a happy second half of life
- Are the Rich Neccesary? by Hunter Lewis
- Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus - the founding of microlending
- Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken - a look at the recent rise in NGOs
- Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe - a reminder of our hubris
- Bounce by Robert J. Wicks - Steps for Living the Resilient Life
- Bound Together by Nayan Chandra - a look at traders, preachers and warriors
- Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam - America's lost social networks
- Building the Interfaith Youth Movement by Eboo Patel - the organization's story
- Built to Last by Jim Collins - early look at sustainable companies
- Capitalism: As If the World Matters by Jonathon Porritt - a whole new model
- Capitalism at the Crossroads by Stuart Hart - business of global problem-solving
- Change for America by Michele Jolin - a progressive blueprint for America
- Chicken Soup for a Better World ed. Canfield, et.al. - heartwarming stories
- Compassion by Henri Nouwen - a reflection on the Christian life
- Compassionate Instinct ed. Keltner, et.al. - The Science of Human Goodness
- Consumed by Benjamin Barker - how consumerism has corrupted the world
- Consilience by Edward O. Wilson - the exquisite unity of knowledge
- Creative Philanthropy by Helmut Anheier - a new look at the nonprofit economy
- Crones Don't Whine by Jean Shinoda Bolen - a woman's way to peace
- Cup of Comfort for a Better World - inspiring stories of service to others
- Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers - inspiring story collection
- Curious? by Todd Kashdan - inquisitiveness as essential to fulfillment
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville - a Frenchman's look at America
- Democracy's Edge buy Frances Moore Lappe' - Bringing Democracy Back to Life
- Development and Faith by Katherin Marshall - how mind, heart & soul collaborate
- Doing the Right Thing by Aaron Haas - cultivating moral intelligence
- Don't Retire; Rewire by Jeri Sedlar/Rick Miners - late life inspiration
- Early Childhood Development by Mary Eming Young - taking action for children
- Earth in the Balance by Al Gore - ecology and the human spirit
- Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman - proposing Lifecyle Assessment
- Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman - redefining what it means to be smart
- Encore by Marc Freedman - finding late life work that matters
- Escaping Poverty's Grasp by David Reed - the environment and poverty
- Ethics Into Action by Peter Singer - strategies for actually making a difference
- Every Eye Beholds You ed. Thomas J. Craughwell - world treasury of prayer
- Everyday Greatness Stephen Covey/David K. Hatch - profiles of meaningful lives
- Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark - an economic history of the world
- Field Notes on the Compassionate Life by Marc Ian Barasch - kindness considered
- Five Wishes by Gay Hendricks - ways to turn wishes into reality
- Giving by Bill Clinton - modern philanthropy for everyone
- Good News about Injustice by Gary A. Haugen - an attorney serves the world
- Good People in an Evil Time by Svetlana Broz - portraits of courage in Bosnia
- Greater Good by John Quelch & Katherine Jocz - how marketing helps democracy
- Heart at Work by Jack Canfield - stories for reawakening soul in the workplace
- Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup - a Game Warden chaplain's memoir
- How Are We to Live by Pete Singer
- How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins - the lessons from the financial collapse
- How to Change the World by David Bornstein - social entrepreneurs and new ideas
- Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore - the book that led to the movie and the movement
- Inspiration by Wayne Dyer - model for living an inspired life
- Inspired Philanthropy by Tracy Gary - creating a giving plan
- Just Courage by Gary A Haugen - a call to Christian service in the name of justice
- Killing Giants/Pulling Thorns by Chuck Swindoll - Biblical look at personal challenge
- Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations by David Warsh -
- Lean Forward - a call to a new form of feminism
- Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood - founding of Room to Read
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo - the heart rending classic
- Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh - insights into spiritual living
- Living in Balance by Joel & Michelle Levey - creating harmony in a chaotic world
- Loud and Clear by Anna Quindlan - essays about modern life
- Loving What Is by Byron Katie - personal transformation by getting past "should"
- Made in America by Sam Walton - the man who remade America
- Making Globalization Work by Joseph Stiglitz -
- Me to We by Craig and Marc Kielberger- finding meaning in a material world
- Microtrends by Mark J. Penn - how small forces make big changes
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder - the story of Dr. Paul Farmer
- Moving Out of Poverty by Deepa Narayan & Patti Petesch - economic mobility
- Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin - the exquisite explanation
- Pathologies of Power by Paul Farmer - health, human rights and the poor
- Peace Is the Way by Deepak Chopra - peace as a way of life
- Peace of Mind by Amy E. Dean - daily meditations for easing stress
- Poetry & Peace by Richard Rankin Russell - Longley, Heaney & Northern Ireland
- Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy - stories of heroes
- Proverbs of Ashes by Rebecca Parker & Rita Nakasima Brock - story of going home
- Quiet Mind by David Kundtz - meditations for personal peace
- Quote Poet Unquote ed. by Dennis O'Driscoll- Quotations on Poets and Poetry
- Raising Resilient Children by Robert Brooks - fostering inner strength
- Real Peace/Real Security by Sharon Welch - the challenges of global citizenship
- Reclaiming Civility in the Public Square - new ideas for civil discourse in politics
- Reclaiming Nature by James Boyce - environmental justice & ecological restoration
- Reframe Your Life by Stephen Arterburn - how to escape your personal prisons
- Rethinking American Schools by Sam Chaltrain - a study of learning and teaching
- Risk, Courage & Women ed.by Waldron, et al - contemporary women's voices
- Rocks & Hard Places by Roger Moody - consequences of large scale mining
- Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally - a reminder of our humanity
- Shadow Cities by Robert Nevwith - living conditions of the very poor
- Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman - the new science of human relationships
- Speak Peace in a World of Conflict by Marshall B. Rosenberg - language as a tool
- Starfish and Spider by Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom - leaderless organizations
- Storycatcher by Christina Baldwin - Making Sense of Our Lives through Story
- Storytelling for Grant Seekers by Cheryl A. Clarke - creative use of story for good
- Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder - the story of an inspiring immigrant
- Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert - understanding how we seek happiness
- SuperCapitalism by Robert Reich - positive reinvention of capitalism
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - a classic
- The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace by Sharon Welch -
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - a spiritual path to creativity and an open heart
- The Bible - Christianity's sacred text
- The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton - the power of epigenetics and consciousness
- The Hebrew Bible - Judaism's sacred text
- The Creative City by Charles Landry
- The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs -
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - the story of the Dust Bowl families
- The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg - how communities need gathering places
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman - globalization examined
- The Master by Kevin Edwards - wisdom parables for enlightenment
- The Middle Path by Eric Lambin - avoiding environmental catastrophe
- The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkum - the chaotic path of change
- The New Jim Crow by Michell Alexander - the mass incarceration of Black Americans
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger - a lesson for all walks of life
- The Power of Apology by Beverly Engel - the healing power of apology
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren - Christian guide to personal mission
- The Quran - Islam's Sacred Text
- The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe - NASA's version of leadership
- The Ring in the Rubble by Gary Bradt - finding opportunity in change
- The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck - a classic personal journey
- The Road to Gumption by Gary Lim - using inner courage to balance work & life
- The Roots of Evil by Ervin Staub - a study of genocide and group violence
- The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness by Rabbi Rami Shapiro - Judaism and peace
- The Search for a Nonviolent Future by Michael N. Nagler - personal nonviolence
- The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon - catastrophe, creativity and renewal
- The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden - climate, weather and civilization
- The Words of Peace ed. by Irwin Abrams - Selections from Nobel Peace speeches
- The World Cafe by Brown & Isaacs - Creating Conversations that Matter
- The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman - 21st century history of globalization
- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard - she makes it seem sacred
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin - one man's mission
- Timeshifting by Dr. Stephan Rechtschaffen - creating more time to enjoy life
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - the classic story of courage and integrity
- Too Poor for Peace by Lael Brainard & Derek Chollet - poverty, conflict and security
- Unbowed by Wangari Maathai - Nobel Laureate recounts her extraordinary life
- Uncommon by Tony Dungy - Finding your path to Significance
- Voice for the World's Poor by James Wolfensohn - former World Bank president
- What's the Big Idea? by Thomas Davenport & Lawrence Prusak - creative thinking
- When All You Ever Wanted Isn't Enough by Harold Kushner - finding meaning
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner - comfort
- When Words Matter Most by Robyn Freedman Spizman - using language to heal
- Why Is God Laughing? by Deepak Chopra - the path to joy & spiritual optimism
- Winners Without Losers by Edward Lincoln - a new way to solve problems
- Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman - 50 amazing people share their ideas on wisdom
- Works of Love by Soren Kierkegaard - classic Christian examination of God's love
- Your Brain on Food by Gary L. Wenk - How Chemicals Controls Your Thoughts
Storytellers
Storytelling Organizations & Websites
Storytelling Events & Venues
- Dime Stories - live performance and podcast of original stories
- Front Porch Storytelling Festival - University of Northern Alabama - May
- Lone Star Storytelling Festival - Frisco, Texas - spring
- MOTH - live performance & podcast of spoken word narrative in New York
- Tales of the South - storytelling in North Little Rock at the Starving Artist Cafe
- Tejas Storytelling Festival - Denton, Texas - March
- Texas Living History Day - Kerrville, Texas - September
- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival - Orem, Utah - August
- Timpanogos Storytelling Conference - Orem, Utah - February
- Tumbleweed Storytelling Festival - Abilene, Texas - September
- Heritage Syrup Festival - Henderson, Texas - November
- National Storytelling Conference - moves each year - July
- National Storytelling Festival - Jonesborough, Tennessee - October
- Tales from the South - North Little Rock, Arkansas - monthly live radio venue
- Tellabration - November - International Night of Storytelling
- George West StoryFest - George West, Texas - First Weekend in November
Literary & Poetry Organizations & Sites
Literary & Poetry Events
- Beall Poetry Festival - Baylor University, Waco, Texas - March
- Forrest Fest - Lamesa, Texas
- Georgetown Poetry Festival - Georgetown, Texas - first weekend in October
- Gerald R. Dodge Poetry Festival - New Jersey - October
- Houston Poetry Fest - Houston, Texas - October
- Iowa Writing Festival - Iowa - Summer
- Lucidity Ozark Poetry Retreat - Eureka Spring, AR - April
- Poetry Society of Texas Summer Conference - Fort Worth, Texas - July
- Poetry Society of Texas Annual Awards - Dallas, Texas - November
- Round Top Poetry Festival - Round Top, Texas - May
- East Texas Fall Festival of Poetry - Longview, Texas - October
- Split This Rock Poetry Festival - Washington, DC - March
- Summer Words Writers Festival - Aspen, Colorado - June
- Weekend at Langdon - Granbury, Texas - September
- Writers Conference at UMHB - Belton, Texas - February
Literary & Poetry Publications
Literary & Poetry Resources
Independent Bookstores
- Book People - In downtown Austin, Biggest Book Store in Texas
- BookWoman - Landmark feminist book store in Austin, Texas
- Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe - bookstore near CU in Boulder, CO
- Left Bank Books - A worker-owned collective near Pike Place in Seattle, WA
- Munro's Books - Wonderful store in historic Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Open Books - A Poetry Emporium near the University in Seattle, Washington
- Politics and Prose - Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
- Red Emma's - Bookstore and coffeehouse in Baltimore, MD
- Tattered Cover Books - Iconic bookstore in LoDo & Cherry Creek in Denver, CO
- The Secret Garden - Wonderful store in the Seattle, WA Ballard neighborhood
- Viva Books - Spiritual oasis in San Antonio, Texas
- New Pages - Texas Independent Bookseller List
Publishers, Small Presses & Producers
- Graywolf Press - Saint Paul, Minnesota
- InSpiritry Press - poetry, creative nonfiction in East Texas
- Mutabilis Press - Leander, Texas, a non-profit poetry small press
- NeoNuma Arts - Houston, Texas
- Oxford University Press - international publisher
- Parkhurst Brothers Inc Publishing - Little Rock, Arkansas - nonfiction
- Pecan Grove Press - San Antonio, Texas
- Pelican Publishing Company - Louisiana
- Plain View Press - collaborative publisher in Austin
- Skylight Paths Publishing - spiritually enlightened books - Vermont
- Texas A & M Press - Texas Consortium
- TCU Press - Texas Christian University Press
- Tilted Moon Press - Bellevue, Washington
- Texas Review Press - Sam Houston State Univ. Press, publishes Texas Review
- Tupelo Press - an independent literary press
- University of Arkansas Press
- University of Georgia Press
- Wings Press - San Antonio, Texas - poetry
Poets & Writers
- Edward Abbey - voice of the environment
- Kaye Abikhaled - Austin poet with European memories
- Deb Akers - poet, editor and founder of the Austin International Poetry Festival
- Ekiway Adler-Bleendez - young American poet writing in Mexico
- Usha Akela - Indian American poet with a lovely, honest voice
- Anne Akhmatova - perhaps the greatest modern Russian poet
- Julia Alvarez - a stunning Latina voice
- Brian Andreas - StoryPeople poetry and artwork
- Maya Angelou - popular African American poet
- Evelyn Appelbee - East Texas poet of extraordinary language
- John Ashbery - a poet's poet
- Thomas Aslin - Pacific Northwest poet of hoesty and sensitivity
- Margaret Atwood - an accessible and delightful poet
- W. H. Auden - a master
- Elizabeth Austen - Seattle poet, performer, teacher
- Mary Jo Bang - poetry that pleases
- Bansho - great Chinese poet
- Wendy Barker - Texas poet & professor
- William Barney - great Texas poet
- Alan Berecka - an irreverent and insightful Texas poet
- Wendell Berry - a poetic powerhouse
- Alan Birkelbach - 2006 Texas Poet Laureate
- Robert Bly - poet & translator
- Jerry Bradley - Texas poet & editor
- Richard Brautigan - a poet who made us all look
- Robert Lee Brewer - poet & Writer's Digest community editor
- Nathan Brown - singer-songwriter-poet
- Jenny Browne - Texas poet
- Robert Burns - Scottish poet and songwriter
- Del Cain - Texas poet and poetry enthusiast
- Scott Cairns - exquisitely crafted, intriguing poetic explorations of faith
- Wendy Carlisle - Texas poet
- Barbara Carr - prolific Texas poet, writer & editor
- Hayden Carruth - poetry that instructs
- Cyrus Cassells - powerful poetic voice, now at Texas State Univ
- Grace Cavalieri - American poet
- Kelly Cherry - prolific poet & writer with an amazing story
- Sandra Cisneros - Latina poet and writer
- Billy Collins - U.S. Poet Laureate, a wry smile in every poem
- Paulo Corso - Pennsylvania poet
- Jerry Craven - Texas writer & editor
- Robin Cravey - Austin poet and nature lover
- Robert Creeley - American poet
- e.e. Cummings - American unorthodox poet
- Amy Fleury - captures rural imagery like photographs
- Barbara Crooker - widely published poet, inspired by everyday miracles
- Annie Dillard - poet,essayist & naturalist with eye for detail
- Wendy Dimmette - poetry that is ethereal
- Mark Doty - poetry that changes readers
- Rita Dove - compelling African American poet
- Stephen Dunn - wonderful Pulizter-winning poet
- Chris Ellery - poet with a world view, now at San Angelo State Univ
- Ralph Waldo Emerson - Transcendental essayist, poet and spiritualist
- Jill Essbaum - a Texas poet of playful and powerful verse
- B.H. Fairchild
- Peter Fallon - an Irish poet and founder of Gallery Press
- James Fenton - British poet, critic, playwright, songwriter
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti - an American classic
- Robert Fink - Texas poet & writer
- Paul Fleischman - poetry that dances and sings
- Nick Flynn - a poet who walks us to the other
- Carolyn Forche - American poet of witness
- Carol Frost - connects internal and external landscape
- Robert Frost - American poet
- Tu Fu - masterful ancient Chinese poet
- Alan Ginsburg - the first Beat poet
- Dana Gioia - a beloved American voice
- Nikki Giovanni - the voice of African American life
- Louise Gluck - an unmatched poetic success
- Douglas Goetsch
- Jorie Graham - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Lyman Grant - Austin Community College Dean, poetry of the beautiful mundane
- Linda Gregg - an award winning poet of beauty and real life considerations
- Barbara Guest
- Michael Guinn - Texas spoken word poet with a compelling presence
- Donald Hall - former U.S. Poet Laureate & husband the late poet Jane Kenyon
- Jerry Hamby
- Terrance Hayes - celebrated contemporary poet with an extraordinary voice
- Seamus Heaney - Irish Poet & Nobel Laureate
- Edward Hirsh - writer of poetry of unmatched impact
- Jane Hirshfield - a poet who fully comprehends this life
- James Hoggard - 2005 Texas Poet Laureate whose poetry is heart opening
- Tony Hoaglund - celebrated poet of generosity and skill
- Peter Hohiesel - East Texas transplant whose poetry names place
- J. Paul Holcomb - Texas poet whose poetry makes friends with the reader
- Marie Howe - poet of provocative, heart rending realities
- Langston Hughes - unmatched midcentury African American poet
- Ted Hughes - poet husband of Sylvia Plath
- Ogaga Ifwodo - Nigerian poet and professor at Texas State University
- Ralph Jacobsen - Norwegian poet
- Robinson Jeffers - California poet
- John Jenkinson - gentle poetic voice
- Eve Joseph - Canadian poet of insight
- Jane Kenyon - the voice of the woman inside so many of us
- Galway Kinnell - a writer who very voice is poetry
- Ron Koertge - a prolific wiseguy, a gifted, playful poet
- John Koethe - poet of re-creative considerations
- Ilya Kaminsky - Russian poet in U.S. uses amazing language
- Jena Kirkpatrick - Austin poet, performer and teacher
- John Koethe - award-winning poet and first poet laureate of Milwaukee
- Jusef Komunyakaa- Pulitzer prize-winning poet at Princeton
- Ted Kooser - U.S. Poet Laureate, an insightful mid-west sensibility
- Stanley Kunitz - a voice of conscience
- Joanne Kyger - Beat poet
- Jerry Lafemina
- Gail Langstroth - writer, poet, performer and dancer
- Jim Lavilla-Havelin - San Antonio poet and local National Poetry Month Chair
- Li-Young Lee - a quiet voice of Chinese sensibility and universal humanity
- David Lehman - accomplished poet and editor of Best American Poetry series
- Denise Levertov - unequaled 20th century American voice
- Philip Levine - Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. Poet Laureate
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - great American poet
- Michael Longley - Ireland's premier poet
- Garcia Lorca - Spain's great poet and human rights martyr
- Denise Low - Kansas Poet Laureate
- Michael Lythgoe - poet of strength and emotion
- Ed Madden - wonderful person & poet in residence for an arboretum
- Budd Powell Mahan - accomplished Texas poet
- Janet McCann - Texas A & M professor and poet
- Anne McCrady - poet, inspirational speaker and peace worker
- Walt McDonald - Texas poet extraordinaire
- Heather McHugh - insightful poems of wit and wonder
- Rod McKuen - popular poet from the 1970s
- David Meischen - writer/poet and Dos Gatos Press cofounder and managing editor
- Jane Merchant
- James Merrill
- W. S. Merwin - U.S. Poet Laureate & Pulitzer Prize winner
- David Meischen - Austin poet & Dos Gatos editor
- Edna St. Vincent Millay - classic American poet
- Bryce Milligan - San Antonio poet and founder of Wings Press
- A.A. Milne - poet whose work is classic
- Czeslaw Milosz - Poet, Nobel Laureate & Holocaust survivor
- Ange Mlinko
- Robert Morgan - South American poet
- Karla K. Morton - 2010 Texas Poet Laureate, a woman of spirit and strength
- Les Murray - Australia's leading poet
- Jack Myers - the late Texas poet of exploration, formerly at SMU
- Ogden Nash - American poet of ingenious humor
- Pablo Neruda - Chilean poet, diplomat, social activist & Nobel Laureate
- Violette Newton - former Texas Poet Laureate
- Naomi Shihab Nye - a Texas, national & international treasure
- Katherine Durham Oldmixon - poet and professor at Huston-Tillotson University
- Angela O'Donnell - Fordham University professor & poet
- Frank O'Hara - one of the Beat poets
- Sharon Olds - a poet whose poems are full of power and grace
- Mary Oliver - universally loved
- Gregory Orr - poet of spiritually timeless work
- Neil Ellis Orts - Houston publisher, actor, dancer, writer
- Jay Parini - respected poet, reviewer and peace activist; prof at Middlebury
- Dorothy Parker - a poet of the people
- David Parsons - 2011 Texas Poet Laureate
- Linda Pastan - a poet to be read and reread
- Jan Peck
- Kathleen Peirce - luminous poet & Texas State Univ professor
- Robert Pinsky - former U.S. Poet Laureate and poetry expert
- Sylvia Plath - genius disturbed by experience
- Stanley Plumly - Keats scholar and poet of empathy
- Li Po - ancient Chinese poet
- Jack Prelutsky - a poet beloved by children everywhere
- Cleatus Rattan - 2006 Texas Poet Laureate
- Charlotte Renk - East Texas professor and poet
- Carol Coffee Reposa - a Texas poet whose poetry sings
- Adrienne Rich
- Dee Rimbaud - Scottish poet, artist & editor
- Lee Robinson - Texas poet
- Bobby C. Rogers - Southern poetry and professor
- Paul Ruffin - 2009 Texas Poetry Laureate & Texas Review editor
- Rumi - medieval spiritualist and poet
- Kay Ryan - former U.S. Poet Laureate and master of play with words
- Carl Sandburg - great American poet
- Anne Schneider - Texas poet and spiritualist
- Jan Epton Seale - 2012 Texas Poet Laureate
- Anne Sexton - voice of 60s women
- Dr. Kirpal Singh - Singapore poet and international scholar
- Naomi Simmons - warm and wonderful Texas poet
- Tracy K. Smith - Pulitzer prize-winning poet
- Bruce Snider - gentle poet
- Gary Snyder - the quintessential naturalist and poet
- Wole Soyinka - Africa's revered Nobel Laureate
- Marilyn Stacy - wonderful Texas counselor and poet
- A.E. Stallings - prize-winning American poet living in Greece
- Gerald Stern - a gentle curmudgeon and accomplished poet
- Mark Strand - a poet of amazing skill
- Mary Swander
- Wislawa Szymborska - Polish poet & Nobel Laureate
- Carmen Tafolla - wonderful San Antonio poet
- Tantra-zawadi - New York spoken word poet & film-maker
- Chuck Taylor - Texas writer, editor, poet & Texas A & M professor
- Henry David Thoreau - American Transcendental poet and naturalist
- Larry Thomas - 2008 Texas Poet Laureate, crystal images in verse
- Tomas Transtromer - Nobel laureate and poet from Sweden
- Natasha Trethewey - Pulitzer Prize winning poet of the Southern experience
- Ko Un - Korea's most prolific living writer
- Liliana Valenzuela - poet, translator and essayist
- Judith Viorst
- Derek Walcott
- Alice Walker - acclaimed American writer
- Jeanne Murray Walker - warm-hearted poet & professor
- Jim Wallis - editor, Sojourner magazine
- Robert Penn Warren
- David Watts, M.D. - a physician and poet who knows the mysteries of the body
- Rebecca Wee - insightful American poet
- E.B. White
- Walt Whitman - an American classic
- Scott Wiggerman - Austin poet & Dos Gatos Press co-founder and editor
- Richard Wilbur
- C.K. Williams - amazing American poet
- Miller Williams - Texas poet
- William Carlos Williams - best known American physician poet
- Robert Wrigley - accomplished poet of image, place and sound
- C.D. Wright - a distinguished American poet with a compelling voice
- Robert Wynne - poet active in Texas literary circles
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