Stephen Jenkinson

How we care for the dying people in our midst, and how we die when it is our turn: these together are the proving ground, the cradle and the grave both, for every conviction we have about justice and mercy, about the meaning of life, about what love should look like and what it should do. In Stephen Jenkinson’s latest book about grief and dying, he says, "If you love somebody, if you care about the world that's to come after you, and if you want somebody to be spared the lunacy of what you've seen, you've got to die wise." Watch a video featuring Stephen Jenkinson talking about his book. Presented by Point Reyes Books and Black Mountain Circle.

About Stephen Jenkinson: Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer, and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School, a teaching house and learning house for the skills of deep living and making human culture. It is rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry, working for a time ​yet to come.​

About Black Mountain Circle: Black Mountain Circle (BMC) is a nonprofit in Point Reyes Station, CA, that explores the relationship between spirit, story, and place. BMC programs include author events, retreats, book groups, and writing workshops for youths and adults as well as the biennial Geography of Hope Conference and the literary journal, West Marin Review.