At the age of forty-five, my devotedly Catholic maternal grandmother gave birth to her thirteenth and final child, a girl.

Melissa Schuppe’s debut chapbook Wild, But Not Lost(Finishing Line Press, 2013) finds itself in the good company of poets’ Sarah Vap, Rachel Zucker, and Arielle Greenberg: women writing motherhood and sharing women’s multifaceted experiences in the age of choice and women’s equality.

As women, what keeps us from writing our hearts out and feeling valued as writers by the rest of the world?

This past summer, I visited a private school in Greenwich, Connecticut that sat atop a hill surrounded by acres of sculpted lawn.

What’s in a Name?  That question served as my introduction to feminist theory.   And it remains vital.

A poet and musician, Harjo guides the reader on a journey, some parts non-linear, through myth, mirth, and survival, from pre-birth to Harjo’s salvation through poetry and art.