This essay explores the spiritual dimension of a unique Quaker peacemaking project called The Human Experience, an anthology of contemporary poetry and fiction of Russia and the United States that was jointly edited and published in both countries.

Manousos describes a Soviet-American citizen diplomacy project in the 1980s that arose from a leading of Friends, and that Friends led through much work to completion. They planned, chose and assembled, and had published a book of poetry and fiction written by Soviet and American authors, called The Human Experience. It was all a work of spiritual linkage. Manousos also mentions several earlier Spirit-led Quaker connections with Russia, in the 19th and 20th centuries. ( )

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