100 Days

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A Poet’s Memoir of Healing

James Navé wrote the first poem of this extraordinary book the day after his prostate cancer surgery. He understood he had an unusual opportunity to write a poetic field report about his healing, and that if he didn’t write it down, it would be lost forever.

In this emotional volume, you’ll find long haul truckers, Janice Joplin singing over a car radio, a rain forest in Navé’s belly, a Learjet in a dream, and, finally, a question after each poem that will help you to reflect . . .

. . . and write your own memoir in 100 days.

“Poet James Navé has written a luminous, tender, and fierce book. It fills the reader with light.”
—Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way
“James Navé’s lyrical and revelatory communiqués confront the disease without succumbing to its perceived power. Instead, the power is in the stark moments of illumination and hard-won truths. Simply put, this book will change the way you think about survival.”
—Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler
“Breaking through the chrysalis of a happy life, James Navé tells the universe he is its creation. Suggesting Whitman’s “I Sing the Body Electric,” he “celebrates himself” and “sings himself.” The result is surprising and encouraging.”
—Jacki Lyden, author of The Daughter of the Queen of Sheba and former Host/Correspondent NPR News.

A Poet’s Memoir of Healing

James Navé wrote the first poem of this extraordinary book the day after his prostate cancer surgery. He understood he had an unusual opportunity to write a poetic field report about his healing, and that if he didn’t write it down, it would be lost forever.

In this emotional volume, you’ll find long haul truckers, Janice Joplin singing over a car radio, a rain forest in Navé’s belly, a Learjet in a dream, and, finally, a question after each poem that will help you to reflect . . .

. . . and write your own memoir in 100 days.

“Poet James Navé has written a luminous, tender, and fierce book. It fills the reader with light.”
—Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way
“James Navé’s lyrical and revelatory communiqués confront the disease without succumbing to its perceived power. Instead, the power is in the stark moments of illumination and hard-won truths. Simply put, this book will change the way you think about survival.”
—Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler
“Breaking through the chrysalis of a happy life, James Navé tells the universe he is its creation. Suggesting Whitman’s “I Sing the Body Electric,” he “celebrates himself” and “sings himself.” The result is surprising and encouraging.”
—Jacki Lyden, author of The Daughter of the Queen of Sheba and former Host/Correspondent NPR News.