Pictures of the Afterlife Jean Sprackland opens exciting territory where poems

opens exciting territory where poems haven't dared to venture-the toxic side of the Information Age as it veers out of control

Falling Body extends this exploration into new situations with language both layered and evocative

Tribute by Leila Aboulela

Born and raised in Portland

Pictures of the Afterlife Jean Sprackland opens exciting territory where poems"Jude Nutter's early work is measured and precise, elegiac in its sorrow and love for the natural world. It was no surprise when I found she had homesteaded on Wrangell Island in Alaska for ten years, working the land, watching birds, listening to snow, and writing poems. That quality of solitude, patience and a survivalist's strict attention to detail comes through in her work. Nutter's first collection, Pictures of the Afterlife, explores not only