Essays on Awakening

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What does it mean to truly awaken in a world shaped by injustice, disconnection, and ecological crisis?

In Essays on Awakening, Francia McCormack invites readers into a deeply personal and expansive journey—one that moves from the intimacy of family life and creative practice to the urgent realities of climate change, capitalism, and collective survival. With clarity and compassion, these essays explore what it means to live consciously in a world that often resists care.

Blending memoir, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection, this collection centers the wisdom of Black women, the sacredness of the Earth, and the transformative power of love, community, and imagination. Here, awakening is not an escape from the world, but a call to engage it more fully—with courage, accountability, and joy.

Grounded, searching, and unapologetically hopeful, Essays on Awakening offers a vision for living—and rebuilding—with intention.