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  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 -
  • 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

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dr. Kirpal Singh - Singapore poet and international scholar
  • Lee Robinson - Texas poet
  • 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
  • Naomi Simmons - warm and wonderful Texas 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
  • 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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