Rachel Greene

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Rachel Nora Greene is the author of the poem "Inanna and the Land of No Return."

Inanna and the Land of No Return, by Rachel Nora Greene

July 26, 2018By Rachel Greene

A child retells the legend of the Sumerian goddess Inanna and her descent to the Nether World.

“Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” The beloved poet Mary Oliver posed this question in the poem “The Summer Day.” It became a call to attention for countless appreciative readers long before her death earlier this year. What is the wild and what makes it precious? Our Summer 2019 issue, on the theme of “The Wild,” commemorates the extraordinary life and spirit of Oliver. It is an enduring honor to us that for years she contributed poetry to these pages.. Read more>

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Rachel Greene

About the Author

Inanna and the Land of No Return, by Rachel Nora Greene

Learning to Die, by Brother David Steindl-Rast

The Art of Cleaning, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart

Marion Woodman and the Search for the Conscious Feminine, by Patty de Llosa

Hearing the Cries of the World, by Mark Nepo

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, by Cynthia Bourgeault