About the Author
John Brantingham was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, including Writers Almanac and The Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2022. He has nineteen books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction including Life: Orange to Pear, Kitkitdizzi, and Days of Recent Divorce. He is the founder and general editor of The Journal of Radical Wonder. He lives in Jamestown, NY.
About the Artist
Jane Edberg coined the term etymphrastic: art that responds to poetry or prose.
Jane holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Davis with an emphasis on photography, painting, and performance art. She taught photography and art for thirty years, retiring after twenty years at Gavilan College. She serves as the arts editor and a contributing editor at The Journal of Radical Wonder. Her art has been published and exhibited internationally.
Jane has recently completed an illustrated memoir called The Fine Art of Grieving. She writes memoir, flash, and poetry. Her writing has been featured in the books Death, and Its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons: Field Notes from The Death Dialogues Project; Sasse Museum of Art: Terry Givens Ekphrasis Collection; in the flash anthology BAM 42 Stories (to be released in 2024); and in many journals, including Cholla Needles and Gyroscope Review.
Jane lives next to the Monterey Bay in California.
Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (September 14, 2023)