Real Work: poems Author|Carol Lynne Knight ] are all too frequently

] are all too frequently sucked into the maw that is American history—particularly our adventures in war

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"The remarkable Christopher Linforth is a storyteller at the top of his game

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Real Work: poems Author|Carol Lynne Knight ] are all too frequently2023 Minnesota Book Award Finalist in Poetry The poems in Janna Knittel's new collection describe family life on the farm, celebrate natural environments that inspire deeply, process childhood emotions with the help of decades of living, and quietly assuage the wounds suffered due to personal crisis and loss. A wooden box on a desk, a father's hands, the lives of rabbits and bees, a rare visit to churchthese are a few of the subjects illuminated in