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Stories, poetry, and art teach us to slow down, to listen, and to pay attention, awakening our hearts to ourselves and one another. Every quarter, a new issue of Ruminate is delivered to your mailbox, helping you nourish and reaffirm your creative and spiritual intentions.
Slow Down
No scrolling, skimming, or hustling: unplug, breathe, turn the page.
Read Deeply
Encounter art, poetry, and stories hand-picked to inspire and nourish.
Live Awake
Heart-awakening art helps us live more fully awake to our selves and our world.
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Order Issue 52What readers are saying about Ruminate
Wonderful writing, images, and soul. I feel as comfortable in the pages of this journal as in my own heart.
— Colby B.
The poems in Ruminate nourish me personally and creatively. They are brimming with spirit and unvarnished beauty.
— John S.
Ruminate is a lovely publication that fills a real niche. It's like sinking into a big sigh when I open an issue!
— Cathy B.
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Fire and Grace: Healing Soul Loss
My soul loss is healing. “Live with fire and grace” has become my guide. I find that paradoxically to lose oneself in creativity is a way to find your place in life and to make this world a home.
The Challenge of Storytelling
Are we even capable of telling new stories and by doing so changing the social narrative? Stories don’t only teach us about other cultures or help us improve our vocabulary. Stories also teach us about ourselves. They tell us how we can see and understand one another.
Heliotrope
The siren song of my body cries out in panic, alerting me to the foregone conclusion of catastrophe. Something terrible happened to you, it says. Do not blossom like the dogwoods or magnolias or tulips. Shut up and close down, lest something terrible happen to you again.On Sale Now
Nonfiction Prize Bundle
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Nonfiction is the genre that helps us remember we're not alone. It invites us to connect with ourselves and others, revealing our shared human experiences. The bundle saves...
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Poetry Prize Bundle
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Our poetry editor Kristin George Bagdanov writes: "We need poems that exist in the space between the crumbs of hope that keep us writing and reaching, poems...
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Short Story Prize Bundle
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In a short story there is so much to be said in a short amount of space. This precision of language helps take us to a...
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Visual Art Prize Bundle
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Visual art is all about ruminating. It asks us to take a step back and ponder, to look at the world from a different angle,...
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