In this cycle of poetry and stories, Navajo writer Luci Tapahonso shares memories of her home in Shiprock, New Mexico, and of the places and people there. Through these celebrations of birth, partings, and reunions, this gifted writer displays both her love of the Navajo world and her resonant use of language.

“Capture[s] the voice of a storyteller steeped in traditional ways but fluent as well in contemporary expression... Tapahonso provides us with a true bridge to her culture and its spiritual insights.”

LUCI TAPAHONSO was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico, and is a member of the Navajo Nation. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where she lives with her husband and children. She has published three books of poetry, One More Shiprock Night, Seasonal Woman, and A Breeze Swept Through and has been published in numerous journals and anthologies.