Continuing the first season of our Earthly Reads series, we are thrilled to share a new conversation with our beloved guest Tricia Hersey.

Sharing sweet balm from her new book WE WILL REST! The Art of Escape, Tricia reminds us of the art of being alive in this meditative episode. Tricia asks listeners what it might mean to have faith in mystery, to begin without knowing the full course, and throughout the episode shares her wisdom on what it means to try without the fear of being wrong.

WE WILL REST! The Art of Escape is both book and sacred object, and Tricia shares her process of dreaming and creating the piece. The book offers serene moments of reflection and decisive calls to action, just as this episode does. Inspired by Tricia’s words – thank you for living. Thank you for listening.

Tricia Hersey is a multidisciplinary artist, theologian, escape artist and founder of The Nap Ministry. She is the global pioneer and originator of the “rest as resistance” and “rest as reparations” frameworks, and collaborates with communities all over the world to create sacred spaces where the liberatory, restorative, and disruptive power of rest can take hold. Tricia’s work is seeded within the soils of Black radical thought, somatics, Afrofuturism, womanism, and liberation theology. She is a Chicago native who believes in daydreaming, porch sitting, and poetry.

Earthly Reads is a podcast series and online book study featuring conversations with some of our favorite authors including adrienne maree brown, Marcia Bjornerud, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Prentis Hemphill Tricia Hersey, and Céline Semaan. This podcast is just a small sample of the incredible wisdom of the full book study. For more details about the series and to purchase access to the full study, visit forthewild.world/bookstudy.

The music featured in this episode is by Nailah Hunter, Aisha Mars, and V.C.R. The music featured in this series is from the compilation Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires courtesy of our partner Leaving Records.

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