Books

Berry, Wendell. "To Know the Dark," Soul Food: Nourishing Poems for Starved Minds. Neil Astley & Pamela Robertson-Pearce (Eds.), Bloodaxe Books, 2007.

Bowler, Kate. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved. Random House, 2018.

Gay, Ross. The Book of Delights, Algonquin, 2022.

— Inciting Joy, Algonquin, 2022.

Hays, Edward. Chasing Joy, Forest of Peace Books, 2007.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, Avery, an imprint of Penguin Publishing, 2016.

Martin, James, SJ. Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life, Harper One, 2012.

May, Katherine. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. Riverhead Books, 2020.

Nouwen, Henri J.M. Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen, A Redemptorist Pastoral Publication of Liguori Publications, 2004.

Poems

Ashworth, Donna. "Joy Chose You" Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days, Mango, 2023. (Video recitation: Joy Chose You, Donna Ashworth).

Dickinson, Emily. "I Dwell in Possibility," The Poems of Emily Dickinson. R. W. Franklin, (Ed.) Harvard University Press, 1999. (Video recitation: I Dwell in Possibility, Jordan Harling Reads, Jordan Harling).

L'Engle, Madeleine. "The Risk of Birth, Christmas, 1973" The Ordering of Love: New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle, Convergent Books, 2020.

Oliver, Mary. "Don't Hesitate," Devotions, Penguin Press, 2017. (Video Recitation: Don't Hesitate, A Cup of Tea with Poetry).

Richardson, Jan. "All This Time, Joy" A Blessing for Women's Christmas, 2024.

Sexton, Anne. "Welcome Morning," The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, Mariner Books, 1999. (Video recitation: Welcome Morning, Steven F. McGraw, Marian Seldes).

Schnieder, Pat. "The Patience of Ordinary Things," The Weight of Love, Negative Capability Press, 2019. (Video recitation: The Patience of Ordinary Things, Colchester Arts Center, Anthony Roberts).

Trommer, Rosemary Wahtola. "For When People Ask," All the Honey, Samara Press, 2023.