Work, relationships and the language of personal transition are the recurring concerns of David Whyte’s poetry and reflective prose. Consolations takes ordinary words such as anger, friendship, honesty and withdrawal and turns each into a short meditation, while Crossing the Unknown Sea examines work and vocation through personal experience, poetry and questions about identity. The Three Marriages argues that a life is shaped by commitments to a partner, a career and an inner self, none of which can be managed in isolation. Whyte’s poetry and prose are contemplative, metaphor-rich and intended for slow reading rather than quick self-help exercises. For discovery, the work connects most naturally with contemporary poetry, reflective nonfiction, work and vocation, and spiritually inflected writing about personal transition. Read more Less
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