Man Dies, Leaves Widow on Earth

With this stunning new cycle of poems about death and survival, Sue Westwind immediately becomes one of the most important voices writing today from American's heartland prairies. Her towering lyrical power, her ability to tell even the most heartbreaking stories in ways that make you feel like you were personally witness to them, and an authorial honesty-a willingness to look at herself, her family, and bottomless grief itself without flinching-will take your breath away. These are poems t...