“Hogan remains awed and humble in this sweetly embracing, plangent book of grateful, sorrowful, tender poems wed to the scarred body and ravaged Earth.”

—BOOKLIST

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"In an age as acrimonious as ours, Linda Hogan’s new poetry collection, A History of Kindness, sounds especially poignant."
—THE WASHINGTON POST

 

"There’s something calm and steadying about Hogan’s poetry . . . her writing is accessible and complex all at once."  

 —BOOK RIOT

 

"There is no one like Linda Hogan. I read her poetry to both calm and ignite my heart. A History of Kindness is a series of oracles rising from the page born out of a life of listening, feeling, responding." 
—TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, author of Erosion

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“Linda Hogan is one of the most important environmental writers of our time. In A History of Kindness, she weaves themes of the body, family, ecology, and animals into a spiral that traverses time and space. In this troubled and dark world, I am grateful for the wisdom, light, and love found in these poems.”

—CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ, author of Habitat Threshold

 

“Linda Hogan's new collection speaks to us the way a trusted friend might, inviting you to take warmth by the hearth.  Her verses teach us how to live with dignity in a world bent on destruction and show why it is important to fight for the planet.”
—ANA CASTILLO, author of Black Dove

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“In this new collection, Linda Hogan weaves together memory, the Milky Way, buffalo and rivers with the wonder and wisdom of an ancient soul, and a passionate heart. We are blessed, once again, by her words.” 
—DEBORAH A. MIRANDA, author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir