to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds

With this foundational collection at its center

Apple learns to deal with the culture shock of Indian customs and the Native Michif language

Raisa Porsanger

the gentle

Distant Water short stories to a young man fightingAn exquisite debut poetry collection exploring the way Nez Perce language embodies the inseparable connection of land, sound, and spirit. Drawing its title from the Nez Perce word for ocean, distant water explores the mysterious process through which language is conveyed from one body to another, moving through waters, kin, memory, and breath. In this meditative, expansive collection, Beth Piatote reveals language as a shared vibration, a life force