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Her third collection of poetry, Between Gone and Everlasting, was released in May 2024. Danita’s second book of poetry is The Medicine Woods, published in October 2022. Her debut collection is Trailing the Azimuth, published in November 2021. 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Danita Dodson is trained in the principles of nonviolence. She is the co-editor of the book Teachers Teaching Nonviolence. Since 2015, she has been the Assistant Editor of the Ahimsa Center Newsletter, published by the Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/1627417589095-XZS5S7ZGT6556DVGX9CA/Cover+of+book.png Nonviolence - Teachers Teaching Nonviolence The stories told in this volume illustrate the powerful impact that nonviolence education can yield in the lives of students as well as teachers, as they navigate schools plagued by physical violence and regimes of standardized curricula and assessments. The book emphasizes the ways that teachers can act as agents of nonviolent social change through curricular experiments and pedagogical innovations, shifting attention toward nonviolence as a viable way of life, in opposition to the ways violence has been normalized nationally and globally. This book could be included in the following kinds of courses and programs: peace education; teacher education; multiculturalism, diversity and equity courses; literacy; curriculum development; mindfulness. ”Advocates for reimagining education for the 21st century have often overlooked a discussion of how the purpose of education needs to evolve with explicit understanding that human and ecological well-being are intertwined. The profound wisdom of ahimsa is that it advocates well-being for all. Applying this to education is a vital ingredient for transforming education. The educators who have shared their experience and practice of ahimsa in Teachers Teaching Nonviolence eloquently illustrate that the mindset and practice of nonviolence can enhance individual, community, and global well-being.” —Catherine O’Brien, PhD, Senior Scholar, Cape Breton University Amazon Barnes & Noble https://www.danitadodson.com/about daily 0.75 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/1627391841194-07ONX3R0D1CATS861ZIT/1113.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/153fb6ed-6e56-4b0b-b7ed-a1093b6aeb27/Authors+Guild+of+Tennessee+Image.png About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.danitadodson.com/between-gone-and-everlasting daily 0.75 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/e304929f-d45b-492f-a50b-80cb3283ccc1/IMG_E5782.JPG Between Gone & Everlasting Trailing the Azimuth guides the readers down various trails through striking imagery, resonant language, and intensity of vision. Linked by allusions to the “azimuth,” the poems in this collection represent the search for direction in a world that is complex and uncertain, prompting the journey toward light and more mindfulness of self, others, and God. These lyrical compasses exhibit a multiplicity of style and subject informed by the poet’s travels, interest in hiking, and cultural awareness. Her multifaceted handicraft draws energy and empathy from everything in her background. Taking us along on walks within her own native landscape and around the world, Danita Dodson gives us verses about the ancestral identities of an Appalachian homeplace, meditations upon places like the Southwest that unfold Native American storytelling, celebrations of global journeys that rejoice both diversity and oneness, psalms that uplift the divine presence in nature, and poems that reveal healing pathways through COVID-19 by elevating memory, hope, and rebirth. Illuminated by Dodson’s unique voice as both a mountain woman and a citizen of the world, Trailing the Azimuth bridges physical and spiritual landscapes, offering readers a word-map as they traverse their own paths of life. https://www.danitadodson.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/1627413559961-4E849AMQ1GN8U6JVJR1H/CCP_HancockHeroes_20210704_-2.jpg Publications - Publications Danita Dodson is the co-editor of the acclaimed Teachers Teaching Nonviolence, published by DIO Press in 2020. Her first collection of poetry, Trailing the Azimuth, was published in 2021 by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers. The author of critical scholarship, Danita Dodson has also been published in several literary journals, including an interview with Margaret Atwood and scholarship on The Handmaid’s Tale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/1627929514290-RMH1ARO6632DG1FG73WE/Cover+of+book.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/75e4b062-a850-4291-ac37-bd9394d20965/IMG_E5782.JPG Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/c29771dd-79c0-4745-a2cc-024035baf4e1/The+Medicine+Woods+Book+Cover+Photo.jpg Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/e185acae-361e-4f2c-bd8f-09f5e48e35e0/IMG_5316.jpg Publications https://www.danitadodson.com/events daily 0.75 2026-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fb1a69aa4ad95f16d21fb5/f4a6d895-3a6a-4218-a53b-a9da8df53604/272736081_5184633311547835_2503315098387630101_n.jpg Events - If you’re on the trail to attend one of my book signings, readings, or other author events, check out the list below. 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