The Poetics of Building Peace

The Poetics of Building Peace
“When we say we’re moved by something, it is as if the poetry, the image, or the music is in us and comes to the surface.”

Co-written by John Paul and Angela Jill Lederach, “The Poetics of Building Peace” is a list of inquiries eliciting theoretical and personal reflection into the relationship between making art and making peace.

Lederach, John Paul, and Angela Jill Lederach. “The Poetics of Building Peace,” March 2009.

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