My new collection of poetry, Black Umbrella, is now in bookstores.
I’m so grateful for the support of Turnstone Press and of other writers who believed in this book even when sometimes I faltered. You can order online directly through Turnstone by clicking HERE, from McNally Robinson Booksellers HERE, or through your own favourite independent bookstore.
This is what my publisher Turnstone Press has to say:
“Black Umbrella offers a bold portrait of family breakdown through the lens of a child, a teenager, and later as an adult who approaches love with wariness and longing. These poems speak of long-held secrets, strained loyalties, love, loss, and the courage required to embrace happiness through the thickening underbrush of adulthood.
A tough and tender collection, Black Umbrella shares a compelling view of the contemporary family in transition.”
And Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Following the River: Traces of Red River Women, said this":
“These intimate and intertwined poems gleam with a tenderness that belies their tensile strength. Lawrence mines consequential moments with sharp insight, revealing fissures in her life and the lives of those closest to her. Here is a sure-footed poet whose inventive language wrests bittersweet wisdom and uncommon grace out of the ordinary. Black Umbrella is an extraordinary collection, rich and indelible.”