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"The poems in EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING: WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND are, at their heart, love poems to the something greater within all of us. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Oliver, naturalist Jen Payne explores the essence of spiritual ecology: the human condition juxtaposed to the natural world and the possibility of divine connection. NPR contributor David Berner calls it, ""an unflinching account of our unshakeable relationship to the modern world...God, nature, and ourselves."" 80 original and vintage color photographs include a series of discarded dental flossers that prompted the title of the book."

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The poems in Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind are a brilliantly incisive commentary on our simultaneous human sense of beauty and waste and loss. - Dale Carlson, ALA Notable Book author and founder, Bick Publishing House Illustrates, poem by poem, the very fraught relationships which define us, human to human, human to earth and animal, and human to the unifying spirit. Jen Payne is sober, admonitory, enraptured and antic by turns, her illustrative photographs always a source of pleasure or irony -- often both. This is a most unusual book, richly thoughtful and sorely, sorely needed. - Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely, author, Letter from Italy, 1944 It's uncanny how Jen Payne grabs hold of seemingly ordinary strands of life -- then surprises us with new meaning. An engaging, thought provoking and masterful reflection on our collective legacy in this world. - Mary O'Connor, author, Life Is Full of Sweet Spots and Dreams of a Wingless Child

The poems in Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind are a brilliantly incisive commentary on our simultaneous human sense of beauty and waste and loss. - Dale Carlson, ALA Notable Book author and founder, Bick Publishing House The collection of writings and photographs powerfully remind us that our everyday actions impact the environment. Jen Payne's writings also underscore our role as stewards and the positive impact we can make on the world around us. - Peter Raymond, Professor, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Illustrates, poem by poem, the very fraught relationships which define us, human to human, human to earth and animal, and human to the unifying spirit. Jen Payne is sober, admonitory, enraptured and antic by turns, her illustrative photographs always a source of pleasure or irony -- often both. This is a most unusual book, richly thoughtful and sorely, sorely needed. - Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely, author, Letter from Italy, 1944 It's uncanny how Jen Payne grabs hold of seemingly ordinary strands of life -- then surprises us with new meaning. An engaging, thought provoking and masterful reflection on our collective legacy in this world. - Mary O'Connor, author, Life Is Full of Sweet Spots and Dreams of a Wingless Child

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A published poet and writer, and photographer, Jen Payne is the author of several books including LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness, Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind, Waiting Out the Storm, Water Under the Bridge: A Sort-of Love Story, and Sleeping with Ghosts. She is the creator/editor of MANIFEST (zine), and writes regularly on her blog: www.randomactsofwriting.net. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including the international anthology Coffee Poems: Reflections on Life with Coffee; the Guilford Poets Guild 20th Anniversary Anthology; Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis, the 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology; and The Perch, a publication by the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health. Jen is the owner is Words by Jen, a graphic design and creative services company founded in 1993, based in Branford, Connecticut. She is a member of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Guilford Art Center, and the New England Poetry Club.

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