For twenty years the Chrysalis Reader has featured many writers and artists, including new work by Robert Bly, Kate Chappell, Susan Cheever, Larry Dossey, Wyn Cooper, John Eccles, William Kloefkorn, Raymond Moody, Richard Moskowitz, Linda Pastan, Stephen Larsen, Wesley McNair, Franklin Reeve, Bernie Siegel, Pat Schneider, Virgil Suárez, Wilson Van Dusen, and many others.

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To order this issue, click here KALEIDOSCOPE: LENSES ON REALITY  (2009) Editor's Note The Better to See You by Rob Lawson Preface Quiet City (creative nonfiction) by Vincent De Carolis LENSES 1: SECRET MESSAGE The Shepherd of Shonto (fiction) by David S. Rubenstein LENSES 2: FAMILY DANCE Business Partners (poem) by Ross Thurber LENSES 3: VILLAGE LIFE Through The Cracks (fiction) by Ellen O'Neill Snowplow (poem) by Wesley McNair LENSES 4: BOXING DAY Old Junk (Bailey Prize fiction winner) by Cheryl Sease Family Car Trip (poem, Bailey Prize winner) by Marissa La Rocca LENSES 5: PEAK EXPERIENCE Himalayan Heroes (nonfiction) by Jeff Rasley LENSES 6: REALITY CHECK Delivering Mary (nonfiction) by Sarah A. Odishoo LENSES 7: THE DARKROOM For All I know (nonfiction) by W. E. Reinka LENSES 8: MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL An Angle of Vision (nonfiction) by Anders Hallengren LENSES 9: CAMARADERIE Chalk and Cheese (nonfiction) by Blayney Colmore LENSES 10: ON THE RUN Crossroads (nonfiction) by Mary W. Mathias LENSES 11: FINDING HOME Don't Go Back to Sleep (poem) by Rick Kempa Adam in the New World (fiction) by Aharon Levy LENSES 12: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET My Uncle the Failure (fiction) by D. Jeanne Wilson

To order this issue, click here   YOUR TURN! (2008)   Editor's Note Taking The Waters   by Rob Lawson Preface Foot of the Rainbow (poem)   by Thomas R. Smith The Creation Story (essay)   by Lisa Hyatt Cooper   PART I: SECOND CHANCES I Made Oprah Scream   by Kathleen Lindstrom Directions to You (poem)   by Bruce Nelson   PART II: REGENERATION Resurrection Bingo   by David Rubenstein Tom Thumb at Chambersburg   by Nicholas Rinaldi   PART III A Place to Play   by Ralph E. Pray   PART IV Coming Through!   by M. Garrett Bauman In April the Bloodroot Blossoms (poem)   by Jackie Bartley Fieldwork (poem)   by Tom Lombardo   Your Turn! Stories of Renewal is available for purchase.