Come shining : essays and poems on writing in a dark time /
"This book gives citizens of a dark time a glittering crown of light--testimony, resonant questions, stories of engagement with confusion, and songs of restoration."--Back cover.
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Portland, Oregon :
Kelson Books,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / David Oates
- I. Facing the darkness. Americans at sea / Tina Tau
- Election results, by state (poem) / Jeremy Cantor
- The catkins burst on their own / John Brantingham
- Trauma, on repeat / Andy Smart
- On celebrating a birthday the same day as a new U.S. president is inaugurated / Heidi Beierle
- Election results, by county (poem) / Jeremy Cantor
- A family history of distinction / Bess Bacall
- The weight of lies / Kamala Bremer
- Now, at the year's dark cusp (poem) / Eleanor Berry
- Behind the sadness is the next good idea / Sonya Huber
- II. Reflections in the dark. In the raw (poem) / Maria James-Thiaw
- Fearful inheritance / Alison Towle Moore
- When the children ask (poem) / Marilyn Johnston
- Saying goodbye / Jill Elliott
- The verb forms of aging / Lois Ruskai Melina
- My most vital heart / Mare Hake
- Star stuff (poem) / Kali Lightfoot
- Prelude to Catherine Creek / Seth Michael White
- Drowning in sorrow: "I have no choice but to keep looking" / Leah Stenson
- Cracks in my armor / Rachael Duke
- III. Finding our way forward. My mother sends me a new year's message (poem) / Suzy Harris
- "Come shining": November 9, 2016 / Diane Josefowicz
- A stick chart for the time of Trump / Edward Wolf
- Conditions of happiness (poem) / Annie Lighthart
- Yes (and no) (poem) / Suzy Harris
- The writer's faith / David Oates
- Reparations (poem) / Paulann Petersen
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments.