Soulspeak: The Outward Journey of the Soul

by Justin Spring

This book/CD combination describes an innovative therapeutic poetry developed from ancient tribal poetic forms. The text covers historical background, techniques, and applications. The CD contains recordings of spontaneous oral poetry spoken by at-risk children and adults in therapy taught by the author to express deep emotions through seed words and the echoed responses of a partner.

250 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2003

About the author

Justin Spring is a New York based writer specializing in twentieth-century American art and culture. He is the author of many monographs, catalogs, museum publications, and books, including the biography Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art (Yale University Press, 2000) and Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude (Universe, 2002). He has been the recipient of a number of grants, fellowships, and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the International Association of Art Critics Best Show Award. He has held research fellowships from Yale University, Brown University, Radcliffe College and Amherst College. His monograph on Paul Cadmus was a finalist for the Lamda Literary Award in Art History.