<p>Becca J.R. Lachman lives with her husband Michael in SE Ohio, where she's spent the last ten years teaching, tutoring, and writing for Ohio University. Also a musician, Becca's original choral works are available through Heritage Press. Other books by Becca include The Apple Speaks (Cascadia Publishing House) and A Ritual to Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford (editor, Woodley Press). Her poems and essays have most recently appeared in So to Speak, Image, Brevity, and the anthology Mothering Mennonite from Demeter Press. She wishes to thank Vermont Studio Center, the Colrain poetry manuscript conference, the Ohio Arts Council, Mennonite Arts Weekend, the Gold Wake family, and her classmates and mentors at the Bennington Writing Seminars for supporting this collection in various shiny ways. To find out more about Becca and her work, visit http://www.becca-jr-lachman.com/.</p>

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Lachman, Becca J R

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<p>"These poems are what hymns or sermons ought to be: full of the light of radiant faces. The quality of held breath, and the clean, enveloping silence of a first snow are ever-present here. We can be grateful that a poet whose 'long seasons of listening' have specially fitted her to sing with such mindfulness is thinking this deeply about what harmony is. There's a freshness to Lachman's reverence, a respect and an ethics, a tuneful humility that's never received or rote but always newly wrought. This is just as I imagine God, if she exists, would want any written offering. If, as Lachman writes, "music is God breathing," then these poems come to us on waves of holy exhalation." --Amy Gerstler. "Lachman reflects on a heritage that inspires but also restrains. From within that struggle, in language of striking clarity and subtlety, Lachman witnesses a world generous with both pain and redemption, music and despair. These are poems born of a rigorous heart and a questioning mind." --Mark Wunderlich, Author, Voluntary Servitude. "Through her art and authenticity, Lachman engages even the most reluctant readers as they enter new worlds under her astute guidance. From service with Swiss Mennonites to an observant private lyricism, Lachman offers rare insights. She can make an apple speak and she can inspire us to listen." --Susan Kinsolving, Poet, The White Eyelash; Dailies &amp; Rushes; Among Flowers. Becca J. R. Lachman teaches writing at Ohio University, from which she received her M.A. in English. She holds B.A.s in music composition and creative writing from Otterbein College and an M.F.A. from the Bennington College Writing Seminars. Her 2004 chapbook "Songs from the Springhouse" won the national Florence Kahn Memorial Award.</p>

The Apple Speaks: Poems (Dreamseeker Poetry)

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The Apple Speaks: Poems (Dreamseeker Poetry)