A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what\'s possible when we heed our instincts and honor our intuition, allowing ourselves to strike out for new territories of love, pleasure, and peace.
They remind us that joy is not a trick..
Expansive and heart-opening--exquisite in their specificity, galvanizing in their scope--the Poems in Instructions for Traveling West speak to the longing that lives within us all.
Each of us holds the power to set our own course forward.
These Poems teach us that naming our desire is profound alchemy.
This dazzling collection tells that story as it illuminates the questions haunting us all: What possible futures lie on the horizon? What happens when we heed the call of furious reinvention? A book for anyone flinging themselves into fresh starts, Instructions for Traveling West grapples with loss, loneliness and belonging.
Mid-pandemic, Sullivan left the man she planned to marry, sold her house, quit her corporate job, and drove west.
So begins Joy Sullivan\'s Instructions for Traveling West --a lush debut collection that examines what happens when we leave home and leap into the deep unknown.
To the sincere thrill of coming apart.
Then, you must commit to the road and the rising loneliness.
First you must realize you\'re homesick for all the lives you\'re not living.
A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what\'s possible when we heed our instincts and honor our intuition, allowing ourselves to strike out for new territories of love, pleasure, and peace
