From Sioux Falls to Khartoum from Kyoto to Darwin; from the panchayat forests to the Giant's Causeway; in taxis & at bus stops in kitchens & sleigh beds haystacks & airports-people are kissing one another The sublime kiss The ambiguous kiss The broken kiss The kiss that changes a life Far from the scripted passion of Hollywood this uniquely human gesture carries within it the possibility for infinite shades of meaning & it does not stop for anything-not war revolution or natural disaster In The Kiss authors like Nick Flynn Kristen Radtke & Pico Iyer explore our quest to bridge the gulf between ourselves & others through this fleeting physical connection & to uncover the depths contained in words like tenderness passion & love