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Joy Sullivan is a poet, teacher, and author of the national bestseller Instructions for Traveling West.

She received a Masters in poetry from Miami University and has served as the poet-in-residence for the Wexner Center for the Arts. Her work has appeared in places like Goop, Oprah Daily, and The Sunday Paper among many others.

In addition to leading international writing retreats, Joy has guest-lectured in classrooms from Stanford University to Florida International University and is the founder of Sustenance, a community designed to help writers revitalize and nourish their craft. Read her thoughts on the creative life in her Substack newsletter, Necessary Salt.

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	Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver, Hala Alyan (Narrator), Joy Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.16 avg rating — 27,210 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Joy Sullivan and 1 other person liked Chelsea Linge's review of Instructions for Traveling West: Poems: "I read this book in one sitting on the day I got it, which I don't believe is how poetry "should" be read, but then again- there aren't many poets like Joy. Joy has the ability to break your heart and then put it back together in a single page. A kna" Read more of this review »
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“Of course the universe is full of deep magic, but I think most miracles can be traced back to someone's profound and quiet kindness.”
― Joy Sullivan, Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

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“I wrote a pep talk recently to myself on a bar napkin: no matter which road you take, it will be both glorious and unbearable. Every road is lonely. Every road, holy. The only error is not walking forth.

Yesterday, a friend in California, when giving me directions, told me I could take the trail toward the tall pines or turn left and find a field of poppies, growing gold and savage at the edge of the valley.

When I asked which to choose, she simply shrugged and said: either way, it’s all heaven.”
― Joy Sullivan, Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

tags: choice, decisions, life, life-lessons

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“I am finally a woman willing to feed herself - light, bread, joy.
Sometimes, you don't know that you're starving until you've had a proper meal.
That's when your heart really begins to howl - when it learns what it's been missing”
― Joy Sullivan, Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

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