Grace Bonney is the author of the bestselling books In the Company of Women and Design*Sponge at Home. Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community: she founded Design*Sponge, a daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years (and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress); Good Company, a print magazine and podcast about creative entrepreneurs; and After the Jump, a podcast about creatives that has reached over 500,000 listeners per episode. Bonney lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter at @designsponge.
“While it shares a similar layout and open spirit as In the
Company of Women, this book enjoys a more expansive look at social
engagement, shared responsibility, and the capacity for joy from
the perspective of age and a diversity of backgrounds and
experience. Over one hundred women from 27 states (urban,
rural, Native reservations) were interviewed for the book. . . . It
was Bonney’s intention to spotlight women who may not ordinarily
enjoy the spotlight and celebrate their life’s achievements,
endurance, and pride.”
—Lauren LeBlanc, Observer
“Grace Bonney is a force, she did it again. Her latest book,
Collective Wisdom, celebrates . . . a richly diverse group of
trailblazing women over 50. Ordered!”
—Tina Roth Eisenberg, the Swiss Miss Newsletter for Everyone
“Such a good one. Give it to any woman in your life. Grace Bonney
profiles over a hundred incredible trailblazing women… all over the
age of 50. The book is packed with wisdom, life lessons, and
inspiration.”
—Grace Atwood, The Stripe, My Favorite Books to Give as Gifts
“Less lists that are . . . 20 under 20 and more books like
this!”
—Eva Chen, via Instagram
“Our new favorite coffee table book.”
—The Good Trade
“Nearly 100 women share priceless lessons learned through
experience. . . . Alongside gorgeous photos, they discuss their
beginnings, their influences and offer advice to the women coming
up behind them. A standout profile: the founders of Gee's Bend
Quilting Retreat, named for the area near Jackson, Miss., where
formerly enslaved Africans later became landowners; the event
attracts quilters from around the world. Their photo depicts hands
joining together individual squares into something bigger,
stronger—an ideal metaphor for this beautiful book.”
—Shelf Awareness
“Collective Wisdom is the magic we all hold deeply and pass on from
generation to generation. Sharing it with the world is the lifework
of Grace Bonney. Her careful weaving of excellent humans and
harvest of words is a true art unto itself. Keep this book close by
your side.”
—Genevieve Gorder, interior designer and host of Dear Genevieve and
Genevieve’s Renovation
“Grace Bonney’s new book is a soulful treatise that emphatically
proves that life—and living—gets better as you go. In a world that
has historically worshiped youth, Collective Wisdom triumphantly
reveals how artists, journalists, filmmakers, activists, chefs,
tribeswomen, dancers, and even the oldest National Park Service
Ranger in the US have created lives of authenticity, beauty, power,
and meaning.”
—Debbie Millman, writer, designer, and host of the podcast Design
Matters
“Reading Collective Wisdom gives me life and inspiration. The
intimate stories of survival, self-love, confidence, and
reinventing oneself after 50 or older left a mark on me that makes
me want to keep dreaming and evolving no matter how many years I am
over 50, 70—heck, 90. I was left feeling like there’s so much to
look forward to.”
—Carla Hall, chef and author of Carla Hall’s Soul Food
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