With this foundational collection at its center

In Native Nations

a physical thing

Raisa Porsanger

risking their hearts and sometimes their lives for those they love

Distant Water short stories With this foundational collection atAn 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