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    Swan Bones
    Swan Bones
    Swan Bones
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    Swan Bones

    By Bethany Bowman

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    Swan Bones is a book about small towns and the people who inhabit them. Its poems follow the author from the hills of the Mohawk Valley to the cornfields of East Central Indiana, where she's lived for nearly a decade. They deal in everyday ironies, and it is in these spaces that Bowman crafts a unique vision defined by her stark honesty, distinctive lyricism, and persistent hope. She proffers quartz crystals despite layoffs; moonflowers, which only open when night falls. The poems practice a hard faith, and invite us to do the same.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateJun 20, 2018
    ISBN9781532652899
    Swan Bones
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    Bethany Bowman

    Bethany Bowman is a nature lover and writer. Originally from New York’s Mohawk Valley, she currently lives in Indiana with her husband and two children and teaches ESL classes at Taylor University. Swan Bones is her first collection of poems.

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