Distant Water Haida they set up tepees

they set up tepees

When he returns home a hero

Tamara Podemski

well-intentioned parents who evaded questions about her past

she's sent away to escape the devastation of London

Distant Water Haida they set up tepeesAn exquisite debut poetry collection exploring the way Nez Perce language embodies the inseparable connection of land, sound, and spirit. Drawing its title from the Nez Perce word for ocean, distant water explores the mysterious process through which language is conveyed from one body to another, moving through waters, kin, memory, and breath. In this meditative, expansive collection, Beth Piatote reveals language as a shared vibration, a life force