Peggy Shumaker’s newest book of poems is Gnawed Bones (Red Hen Press, 2010). Her lyrical memoir Just Breathe Normally is now out in paperback from Bison Books/U. of Nebraska Press. She collaborated with artist Kesler Woodward on Blaze, a book of sensual Alaskan paintings and poems. Shumaker watches the Chena River from her window in Fairbanks, where she lives with her husband Joe Usibelli. Professor emerita from UAF, Shumaker teaches in the low-residency MFA Rainier Writing Workshop. In December 2010 Alaska Governor Sean Parnell named Peggy, Alaska State Writer Laureate. Peggy Shumaker Website