Swimming Lessons

She was the author of two novels, seven books of stories and essays, and twelve books of poetry, including The Sea at Truro (2012). A winner of the Devins Memorial Award, she received NEA grants in both fiction and poetry.

Her book Water Walker was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and her picture book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn was the first volume of poetry to receive the Newbery Medal, the country’s highest honor for children’s writing.

THE NEW YORKER

THE AMICUS JOURNA

published by University Press of New England.

THE BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL : “T

THE LAUREL REVIEW :

Even our fear is asleep.

he gives us a key fit to open nothing.

There was once a woman who loved a river.
—African folk tale