Gnawed Bones: A Poetry Reading
Peggy Shumaker is the Alaska State Writer Laureate. Her new book of poems, Gnawed Bones, is a meditation on mortality and the natural world. Schumaker's many other books include the lyrical memoir, Just Breathe Normally, and six collections of poetry. Her nonfiction has appeared in anthologies like Under Northern Lights and A Year in Place as well as Prairie Schooner and Ascent. Shumaker is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, was poet in residence at the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell, and served as president of the Associated Writing Programs board of directors. Professor emerita from University of Alaska Fairbanks, she currently teaches in the low-residency Rainier Writing Workshop. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness & the Creative Imagination.