Simple Gifts
The Hymns of My Life, A Memoir
In this edition of Simple Gifts, you will find it fully updated with a new introduction and conversation with the author.
Honors: Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble Writers For Writers Award 2006
In a world of internet friendships, far-flung families, and a growing sense of alienation in American life, Bill Henderson tells the story of how he found community and joyful camaraderie through the singing of old-fashioned hymns in a small wood framed country church.
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December 5, 2023Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore – “the world’s smallest bookstore.”