<br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"A sense of place defines this book. Staiger reminds us that history is the lived experience of people in a distinct place...where weather matters and...the cycle of seasons mirrors the cycles of life."--Kathleen Norris, <em>Dakota: A Spiritual Geography</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bonnie Larson Staiger is the first recipient of our Voices of the Plains and Prairies Poetry Award.</span></p>">
"Expansive, full of grace and wit, meditation and mourning, Staiger's poetry accomplishes the difficult task of rendering a true portrait of her home, leaving in the grit alongside the sunflowers, the grime beside the larkspurs."--Amie Whittenmore, Glass Harvest
"A sense of place defines this book. Staiger reminds us that history is the lived experience of people in a distinct place...where weather matters and...the cycle of seasons mirrors the cycles of life."--Kathleen Norris, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
Bonnie Larson Staiger is the first recipient of our Voices of the Plains and Prairies Poetry Award.
Bonnie Larson Stager is the first recipient of the Voices of the Plains and Prairies Poetry Award from North Dakota State University Press for this chapbook, Destiny Manifested. She thrives on the Great Plains not far from the Badlands of North Dakota, where strong ties to life on the prairies, landscape, and its people creep inexorably into her writing. Her work has been included in various anthologies, literary journals, and publications.
ISBN: 978-1-946163-09-7
Page Count: 44
Picture Count: 3
Paperback
Publication Year: 2018