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    Out and Back
    Out and Back
    Out and Back
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    Out and Back

    By Stewart Hickman

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    Out and Back is comprised of 14 poems and 11 short essays. The work moves between verse and prose, and between the outer world of experience and the interior personal journey of gratitude and meaning-making. A mix of philosophical musing, social and environmental commentary, and spiritual reflection, the book interweaves themes of the natural wo

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPtarmigan House
    Release dateMar 23, 2022
    ISBN9798985739312
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    Stewart Hickman

    Stewart Hickman is a Maryland (USA)-based poet and essayist. He started his career as a high school English and creative writing teacher. He went on to work for four decades in the fields of human and organizational development and executive coaching in global non-governmental organizations, healthcare and charter school systems, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. His experiences in the "Majority World," (the 80% of the Earth's population making less than $10 a day) and in organizational systems and dynamics, provide an international and multi-cultural backdrop for his humanistic perspective. He has served as a panelist for the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award for literary arts. Previous individual work has been published in the Delmarva Review.

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