Contemplative Reading Project

Read Slowly.

Live Deliberately.

One book at a time.

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  • Jane Austen & Jesmyn Ward

    On today’s post: Thoughts on Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, plus September’s two project reads: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward! Check it out: https://theadamburgess.substack.com/p/jane-austen-and-jesmyn-ward

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  • New Substack Today

    “A Servant of Sadness”

  • The Project Has Moved

    Dear Friends, Our project has moved to Substack! Please find my primary page here: https://theadamburgess.substack.com/ This week’s post on Week 2 of Diane Seuss’s Modern…

  • Beginning to Understand, but Barely

    Dear Friend, Someone once asked me, “how does a poem begin?” “A poem begins with a deep breath and a thrilling leap,” I said. “The…

  • A Drawer Full of Knives: Modern Poetry in April

    Dear Friend, Welcome back for SEASON SEVEN of the Contemplative Reading Project. It’s so nice to see you again! In February and March, we were…

● About Me

The Contemplative Reading Project, hosted by Dr. Adam Burgess, is a quest to read slowly & live deliberately. I invite you to join me in this journey!

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