Words That Helped — Robert Adams. Published by Steidl.
I selected Words That Helped, because the idea is simple, elegant, empowering, and, yes, helpful. Words comfort and heal. Words are relatable, contradictory, and puzzling. They penetrate and make us vulnerable, powerful, and diminutive. And more. I have over a decade’s worth of personal journals that I refer to at least weekly for inspiration and solace. I have dipped in and out of Bob’s honeypot of quotes this year and still feel tickled in finding joy. A rare gem.
Odette England is a writer, visual artist, and scholar. She is a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and has received grants and awards from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Puffin Foundation, and Anonymous Was a Woman, among many others. She has been nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award (twice) and the Prix Pictet. England has published five award-winning books and has two books coming out in 2025. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and received her Ph.D. in 2018.
Providence, Rhode Island