"A Country Between reminds us that grief is as indispensable to joy as light is to shadow. Beautifully written, ardent and wise." —Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer

The Ohio Country in the eighteenth century was a zone of international strife, and the Delawares, Shawnees, Iroquois, and other natives who had taken refuge the

Poems include portraits of life in El Salvador, a veteran of the Vietnam War, and a childhood friend.

This book is a call to action. It warns that unless we learn to accept and respect our social, cultural and political differences as town and country people, we

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