Writing from the Center

Winner Great Lakes Book Award, 1996 Ograve;. . . essays of substance and beauty . . . they belong beside the work of Annie Dillard, Samuel Pickering, and Wendell Berry.Oacute; Ntilde;Library Journal Ograve;His essays are so good one is tempted to stand up and applaud after reading them.Oacute; Ntilde;Body Mind Spirit Ograve;How can one live a meaningful, gathered life in a world that seems broken and scattered?Oacute; That is the question Scott Sanders probes in this book. Writing from the Center is about one very fine writerOtilde;s quest for a meaningful moral life. The center he seeks and describes is geographical, emotional, artistic, and spiritualNtilde;and it is rooted in place. The geography is midwestern, the impulses are universal. Where and how do we find meaning? Where does a writer find inspiration? How can personal, artistic, family, and community needs be blended to create a harmonious life? What aids exist in such a Ograve;locatedOacute; life against despair? How should a writer relate to and represent his place?