The Thing About Hope Is ...

This is the third in a series of anthologies which uses literature to help explain and define human emotion and experience. This collection of poems and short stories explores the nature of hope. The authors of these works represent a broad range of cultural backgrounds and bring those experiences to these selections. The brief biographies that appear in the Contributors section at the end list their publications and awards. While hope is the theme, these works explore both its positive and negative aspects - as described in the quotes in the foreward -

"Listen now to the gentle whispers of hope" - Charles D. Brodhead

"Hope is the universal liar." - R. G. Ingersoll