Hungry Hearts: ESSAYS ON COURAGE, DESIRE, AND BELONGING

Edited by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh

Sixteen innovators, creatives, and thought leaders—Austin Channing Brown, Sue Monk Kidd, and Luvvie Ajayi Jones, among others—share intimate stories of uncovering beauty and potential through moments of fear, loss, heartbreak, and uncertainty.

Over the course of four years, the traveling love rally called Together Live brought together diverse storytellers for epic evenings of laughter, music, and hard-won wisdom to huge audiences across the country. Well-known womxn (and the occasional man) from all walks of life shared their most vulnerable truths in a radical act of love, paving the way for healing in the face of adversity.

Now, off the stage and on the pages of Hungry Hearts, sixteen of these beloved speakers offer moving, inspiring, deeply personal essays as a reminder that we can heal from grief and that divisions can be repaired. Bozoma Saint John opens herself up to love after loss; Cameron Esposito confronts the limits of self-reliance in the wake of divorce; Ashley C. Ford learns to trust herself for the first time. A heartfelt anthology of transformation, self-discovery, and courage that also includes essays by Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Amena Brown, Austin Channing Brown, Natalie Guerrero, Sue Monk Kidd, Connie Lim (MILCK), Nkosingiphile Mabaso, Jillian Mercado, Priya Parker, Geena Rocero, Michael Trotter and Tanya-Blount Trotter of The War and Treaty, and Maysoon Zayid, Hungry Hearts shows how reconnecting with our own burning, undeniable intuition points us toward our unique purpose and the communities where we most belong.

More Information

  • Publisher: The Dial Press

  • Original Release Date: February 9, 2021

  • Formats: Hardcover, eBook

  • Hardcover ISBN: 9780593229620

PRAISE

“Unlike many women’s conferences, Together Live is not about a work-life balance or having it all, but rather focused on convening women across diverse backgrounds and generations to share their raw stories, build community, take action, and find self-love.”—Bustle
 
“[Jennifer Rudolph] Walsh has turned her love for storytelling into a live event where women of all backgrounds can come together to share their unique stories. . . . Together Live encompasses Walsh’s forte of sharing powerful stories with celebrating and honoring the diverse group of women that come together.”—Forbes
 
“Together Live is an inspiring conference that unites diverse women through storytelling, and we need it now more than ever.”—HelloGiggles