Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories
Lanterns (front cover) (cover photo credit: Darlene J Kreutzer)
Lanterns offers a kind light to weary travelers wishing for companions on the journey toward a well-crafted soul. Stories, poems, and essays offer signposts and gentle guidance, reminding readers that resistance melts away in the company of those who believe in the path set before us. By illuminating the ways we can move outside of our interior reflections into a more inclusive whole, this lovely book provides a way into togetherness that will encourage and inspire anyone longing for authentic connection around their creative work.
~Jen Lemen, artist, activist, dreamer
6x6 inch gift book; 50 pages
High-quality paper (100#); Saddle-stitched binding
Black & white photography throughout
Unique Polaroid color photo cover
Gift bundles available
A portion of the profits will be donated to Girls Write Now
(More images below.)
*The Light & Love Package includes the following:
- one signed copy of Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories;
- one 5"x7" color print of "The Chocolate Room" by Jennifer McGuiggan;
- an audio recording of the book's opening poem, "Oceans Vast: A Blessing," by Rachelle Mee-Chapman
- a handwritten love note; and
- a sweet treat, all thoughtfully packaged.
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Description: Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories is a curated collection of prose, poetry, and black & white photography by seven women writers, artists, and photographers. Each page offers up nuggets of wisdom and candor about life, friendship, and creativity. This beautiful square gift book is handcrafted, professionally printed, and thoughtfully created, making it the perfect gift for your girlfriends, your daughters, your mothers, yourself. It is a gift of hope, inspiration, and the reminder that creativity and community walk alongside each other, hand in hand, a string of lanterns lighting the way. Lanterns is a celebration, an encouragement, an invitation. (A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Girls Write Now, a NYC nonprofit that helps teenage girls develop their creative, independent voices and explore careers in professional writing.)
Contributors
Darlene J Kreutzer
Liz Lamoreux
Jen Lee
Jennifer McGuiggan (editor/contributor)
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
Lisa Ottman
Jena Strong
Behind the Scenes of Lanterns
Read more about the (five week) creation of the book.
Lanterns back cover
Lanterns table of contents
The Chocolate Room (5"x7" color photo included in Light & Love Package)