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  • The How

  • Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself
  • Written by: Yrsa Daley-Ward
  • Narrated by: Yrsa Daley-Ward
  • Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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The How

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Publisher's Summary

From the acclaimed poet behind bone, an exploration of how we can meet our truest selves, the ones we've always been meant to become.

Yrsa Daley-Ward's words have resonated with hundreds of thousands of people - through her books of poetry and memoir, bone and The Terrible; through her writing for Beyoncé on Black Is King; and through her always illuminating Instagram posts.

Now, in The How, Yrsa encourages listeners to begin, as she puts it, the great work of meeting ourselves. This isn't the self we've built up in response to our surroundings, or the self we manufacture to please the people around us, but instead, our most intimate self, the one we visit in dreams, the one that calls to us from a glimmering future.

With a mix of short lyrical musings and her signature stunning poetry, Yrsa gently takes listeners by the hand, encouraging them to join her as she explores how we can remove our filters, and see and feel more of who we really are behind the preconceived notions of propriety and manners we've accumulated with age. With beautiful and intriguing meditations, The How can be used to start conversations, to prompt writing, to delve deeper - whether you're solo, or with friends, on your feet or writing from the solace of home.

©2021 Yrsa Daley-Ward (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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What the critics say

“In this gratifying exploration of the self, Daley-Ward excels at describing the indescribable…this work defies genre and features a beautiful blend of lyrical prose and bold poetry…. This is a tender, hopeful meditation.” (Publishers Weekly)

"A heartfelt, artful manifesto focused on living fully and authentically.... By turns simplistic, elegaic, and illuminative." (Kirkus)

The How is a brilliant reminder that the answers we seek are in ourselves.... Yrsa Daley-Wards words [in The How] - as they’ve always been - are a guidepost, a reminder, and a welcome home.” (Refinery29)

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Absolutely incredible

This book is a meditation, I listen to it really slow and it brings me back to exactly where I need to be right now. I just finished my second listening and starting my 3rd.
I am so grateful for all of her works, like all her other ones, it is particularly timely to what I need to be hearing/reading.
Will buy this book in many physical copies and every upcoming gifts opportunities are getting it.

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