Janine Canan lives in California in the Valley of the Moon. In 2009 she received “The Sacred Feminine Award” for herwork, which now embraces 21 collections of poetry,essays, stories, translations and anthologies. Heranthology She Rises like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddessby Contemporary American Women Poets received theSusan Koppelman Award for best-edited feminist work,and her first gathering of Mata Amritanandamayi’s teachings, Messages from Amma: In the Language of the Heart, Health & Spirituality’s “Best Spiritual Book 2004”. For further information, please visit janinecanan.com.

Janine Canan lives in California in the Valley of the Moon. In
2009 she received “The Sacred Feminine Award” for her
work, which now embraces 21 collections of poetry,
essays, stories, translations and anthologies. Her
anthology She Rises like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess
by Contemporary American Women Poets received the
Susan Koppelman Award for best-edited feminist work,
and her first gathering of Mata Amritanandamayi’s