For the preservation of wilderness and among those who search for home, these poems travel through mine pits and waterways vulnerable to environmental damage and climate change in Minnesota, where the Northern Continental Divide crosses the Laurentian Divide and creates three watersheds that flow into the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, and Hudson Bay. These stories and images, historical and contemporary, capture the beauty of the north and the resilience of people who are displaced, whose language is replaced, and who find a fluid space full of risk and possibility.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	142
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Wildwood River
Fecha de Publicación	2022-06-13
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.33" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	LGBTQ+

Packa, Sheila

Sheila Packa is a poet and writer living in Duluth, Minnesota. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College and has taught creative writing and composition at Lake Superior College. She leads poetry and creative writing workshops in community settings and often performs her work in music and media installations with her creative partner Kathy McTavish. She received a 2020 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative award for poetry, a fellowship from Finlandia Foundation National in 2016, two Loft McKnight Artist Fellowship awards (in poetry and in prose), a Loft Mentor award, and fellowships and grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. She has four books of poetry and edited the book Migrations, an anthology of Lake Superior writers. She served as Duluth's Poet Laureate in 2010-2012. Helsinki composer Olli Kortekangas used four of her poems for Migrations, a cantata for mezzosoprano and male voice choir, which was premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra in 2016. The recording Sibelius: Kullervo Kortekangas: Migrations: Minnesota Orchestra: Vänskä is available through BIS Records. For more information, go to www.sheilapacka.com.