Kimberly Ann Priest “I’ve spent much of my life in a quiet tryst with nature,” says Tanya Holtland in the introduction to her debut
Then came I entire to this moment process and light to discover the country our waking breaking open —Muriel Rukeyser, from “Breaking Open” The
My grandmother’s mahogany end table, the other grandmother’s fluted vase, Aunt Marge’s petit point covered side chair, and the O’Connell family Bible, rescued
My mother’s white arm fingers the silver bell, her pale skin marked with brown spots. My hand looks small next to hers. Everyone