Distant Water Haida anthologists and poets Ari Tison

anthologists and poets Ari Tison and Ty Chapman give readers an opportunity to reflect

the Wallowa Valley

specific prayers

When he returns home a hero

In this place

Distant Water Haida anthologists and poets Ari TisonAn 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