COMING SOON!
 Medicine for the days, you can’t read another headline.

A sanctuary in print for our troubled world.

For many of us, the chaos and cruelty we see in the news everyday weighs heavy. Democracy, justice, and our planet are under threat and the promise of a bright future can feel like it’s slipping away.

If you are demoralized but determined to not succumb to cynicism, the writers, poets and artists of Refuge invited you into this sanctuary in print.

Refuge is both mirror and medicine—echoing your sense of powerlessness, fury, and anxiety, while gently offering up a sweet, restorative dose of hope.

The voices in Refuge bear witness to it all. Through words and images, they offer perspective, insight, and a kaleidoscope of ways to cope, persevere and imagine a kinder, more sustainable future.

A community of creators rising to meet the moment.

Refuge brings together a powerful, diverse collection of writers and artists each offering a unique perspective on our crumbling world.

Emerging voices stand alongside best-selling authors, award-winning poets, internationally exhibited artists and nationally recognized spiritual leaders. Contributors include:

Ellen Bass   •   Laura Davis   •   Aurora Levins Morales   •   Carolyn Brigit Flynn   •   Kim Stafford   •   Brooke Shaden   •   Ryumon Hilda Baldoquín, and many more.

Two ways to experience Refuge

Singular message. Same heart. Two different formats.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION

A richly layered, full-color edition that brings together words and visual art. Designed to be held, revisited, and experienced slowly.

  • Full color throughout
  • 70 additional pages of visual arts—paintings, drawings, photography, fiber art, sculpture, and more
  • Larger format, designed to be savored
  • High quality printing and paper
  • 376 pages

READER’S EDITION

A more accessible edition focused exclusively on the writing. All the same powerful voices, distilled into a format you can carry with you.

  • Black and white
  • All essays and poetry
  • Traditional paperback size
  • More affordable
  • 290 pages

Seven chapters. Seven Lenses.

Lessons Learned

Hard-won wisdom from the past.

Bearing Witness

Facing the truth; documenting history.

Even in the Midst

Managing life as the world explodes. 

Voices of Resistance

Speaking out. Showing up. Taking action.

The Art of Making

Finding solace in creativity.

What We Dare to Dream

Imagining our future. Holding fast to hope.

Even in the Midst

Managing life as the world explodes. 

Your Sanctuary

Voices of Courage & Resilience for a Fractured World.

The Origin Story: How Refuge Came to Be

Five months after President Trump’s second election, I traveled cross-country to Boston to spend time with old friends. For five days, we sat on couches and around dinner tables, sharing long, honest, sometimes painful conversations about what ails our country and world. We named what felt hard. We dug deep for solutions. We didn’t look away. In the warmth of those conversation I felt buoyed. Steadier. Less alone.

On the flight home to California, looking down on a country shrouded by clouds, an idea took hold.

  • What if a book could create that same sense of comfort and community?
  • What if I could gather voices that could help us stay grounded in the midst of all the mayhem?
  • What if an anthology of powerful, thoughtful, honest creatives—writers and artists of all kinds— could counter our sense of hopelessness?

What if the book was beautifully designed and a piece of art in and of itself?

Thirty thousand feet above all that is unravelling in our country, Refuge was born.

Excerpts from Refuge

  • “Beneath the noise and cruelty of our times, I still believe in the quiet, stubborn light of the human spirit – the one that keeps saying: try again do better love anyway.”

    Blanca Martini, Page 5, Collector’s Edition

  • I learned to shoot a gun today. It was a private class I signed up for months ago, just a few weeks after Trump’s inauguration”.

    Shosanna Helman, page 36, Collector’s Edition

  • “I use my head, my heart, and my hands to express myself. Ink pressed on paper. It’s a small thing. But a big relief. It means I have energy to stay in the fight.”

    Claudia Smukler, page 98, Reader’s Edition

  • “Our resistance will never stop. No matter what you do to us. Your greed cannot undo it. Because we are Legion. We are here. We say no.”

    Laura Davis, page 94 , Reader’s Edition

  • “Alone, we are lost. If we travel light, holding each other, the rising tide can lift us from the muddy banks into the current. The river, never lost, always finds its way.”

    Marilyn Duhamel, Page 95, Collector’s Edition

Complete List of Contributors

Debra Achen
Ryumon Hilda Baldoquín
Mary Sue Babb
Ellen Bass
Helen Bassler
Terry Berman
Laura Brown
Nancy Brown
Barbara Brundage
Marlene Bumgarner
Susan Burrowes
Leslie Carlin
Megan Carlisle
Susana H. Case
Elizabeth Cassidy
Rev. Elisha Christopher
Paldrom Catharine Collins
Lynne Cooper
Johanna Courtleigh
Lauren Crux
Laura Davis
Cara DeVries
Marilyn Duhamel
Joanne Durham
Kaylie Dugan
Heidi Egerman
Jennifer Eichstedt

Mara Gale Fein
Carolyn Brigit Flynn
Nancy Fowler
Susan Glass
Jack Gilbert
Chris Greenwood
Heather Griffith
Kim Hadley
Kathryn Harvey
Shoshana Helman
Lisa Hochstein
Julianna Howatt
Naná Howton
Aaron Johnson
Dave Joseph Jr.
Wendy Kagan
Kati Kattanek
Anne Kearney
Alexis Kent
Ellana Kent
Cathy Krizik
Jackie Krentzman
Diane M. Laboda
Aurora Levins Morales
Lupe M. Lopez
Beth Love
Grace Lovejoy

Alison Luterman
Kelsey D. Mahaffey
Jean Mahoney
Blanca Martini
Jessica Mavropoulos
Martha McNulty
Ami Chen Mills
Lisa Mitchell
Magalí Morales
René Myatt
Sandy Nee
Robert Nielsen
Linda Northern
Dr. Katherine L. Olson
Kimberly Olson
Marika Páez Wiesen
Lupe Perú
Joya Powers
Reda Rackley
Rev. Dr. Linda Reppond
Ziggy Rendler-Bregman
Joan Rippe
Huve Rivas
Gitanjali Lori Rivera
Alma María Rolfs
Carolyn Rudolph
Donna Runnalls

Kayci Russell
Gitta Ryle
Molly Salans
Shei Sanchez
Nomi Schwarzschild
Cathy Sewell
Brooke Shaden
Michaela Sieh
Lauren Sickles
Beverly Sky
Claudia Smukler
Kim Stafford
Cheryl Stromstad-Snyder
The Temple Sisters
Manuela Thames
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Jacqui Turner
Wendy Welborn
Lee Anne White
Marika Páez Wiesen
Chad Williams
Renee C. Winter
Matt Wood
Kimberly Woodland

Thank You!