Now/Here focuses on the diversity and power of the natural environment, examining the tensions and oppositions that exist within climate, land, time, and change. Rather than focusing on the quiet and idyllic beauty of the rural, many poems describe the harshness and hardships of the extreme and highly versatile landscape and weather. Crystal Spring Gibbins grew up on Lake of the Woods, Minnesota/Ontario. She is the editor ofSplit Rock Review and the recipient of fellowships from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She lives on the south shore of Lake Superior. | Now/here by Crystal Spring Gibbins, Paperback | Indigo Chapters