Whatever Shumaker touches is thick with life, death, and the blessing of her words.
    —Alicia Ostriker on Gnawed Bones

An entrancing meditation on absolution and memory.
    —Kirkus Reviews on
    Just Breathe Normally

Feb. 29-March 3   AWP in Chicago

March 7   U. of AZ MFA 40th Anniversary

March 10 Reading at Poet's House, NYC

with Li-Young Lee, Amber Flora Thomas

March 20-Apr. 14

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration

 in ANC. FAI, LA, SEA, KTN, SIT, JNU

 with poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell, and prose by Marjorie Cole

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