Books

Books by Paul J. WillisThe author of eight full volumes of poetry (Losing Streak, Somewhere to Follow, Little Rhymes for Lowly Plants, Deer at Twilight: Poems from the North Cascades, Getting to Gardisky Lake, Say This Prayer into the PastRosing from the Dead, and Visiting Home) and six poetry chapbooks (Frog at Midnight, Genesis Poems, Poison Oak, The Deep and Secret Color of Ice , How to Get There, and Orvieto), Paul J. Willis also wrote the eco-fantasy omnibus The Alpine Tales and the YA novel All in a Garden Green. He co-edited In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare and A Radiant Birth: Advent Readings for a Bright Season, and his creative nonfiction has been collected in To Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love, and Wonder and Bright Shoots of Everlastingness: Essays on Faith and the American Wild.

PoetryPoetry

Paul J. Willis’s poems have appeared in hundreds of publications, including the 1996 edition of Best American PoetryPoetry magazine,Wilderness, and Christian Century.
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FictionFiction

His short fiction has been published in Ascent, Image, and The Other Side, where it received an award from the Evangelical Press Association.
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Creative NonfictionCreative Nonfiction

Willis’s narrative and reflective essays have been anthologized in Best Spiritual Writing 1999 (HarperSanFrancisco), Best American Spiritual Writing 2004 (Houghton Mifflin), and Best Christian Writing 2006 (Jossey-Bass).
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Orvieto Book CoverGetting to Gardisky Lake Book CoverThe Alpine Tales Book CoverBright Shoots of Everlastingness Essays on Faith and the American Wild Book Cover

Losing Streak Book CoverAll in a Garden Green Book CoverRosing from the Dead Book CoverIn a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare Book Cover
Somewhere to Follow Book CoverLittle Rhymes for Lowly Plants Book CoverVisiting Home Book CoverHow to Get There Book Cover

Deer at Twilight: Poems from the North Cascades Book CoverSay This Prayer into the Past Book CoverTo Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love, and Wonder Book Cover