Mary Oliver chose David Keplinger’s first collection of poetry, The Rose Inside, for the 1999 T.S. Eliot Prize. They remained friends for twenty years until her death in 2019. Since that first collection, David has published seven more collections of poetry, including Ice (Milkweed Editions, 2023), and Another City (Milkweed Editions, 2018), which was awarded the 2019 UNT Rilke Prize. He has been honored with the Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Colorado Book Award. David directs the MFA at American University where he has taught since 2007.
Shawn Parell is an integrative therapist, longtime yoga teacher, and lover of poetry whose work expresses fluency in the science and art of well-being. Shawn has mentored hundreds of yoga teachers and guided thousands of practitioners since she began teaching in 2002. She is a licensed therapist in private practice and teaches mindfulness and movement courses and immersions worldwide. Shawn holds an M.A. in Eastern Classics and Sanskrit from St. John’s College and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Southwestern College.
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