Dr. Heather S. Akers

Book cover

Book Details

Title

A Little Book on the Human Shadow

Author

Bly, Robert

Award Year
ISBN
9780062548474

Honoree Information

Dr. Heather S. Akers

Position

Senior Lecturer

Department

English

Occasion

On the occasion of the promotion of Dr. Heather S. Akers to Senior Lecturer

Why Chosen

The poet Robert Bly's reflections on the human shadow—a source of tremendous power, creativity, nourishment, and also fear—and his suggestions for how to look for and reclaim it were life-changing for me. I hope other readers might stumble across this little book, as I did two decades ago, and find similar richness and wisdom in it.