We Never Speak of It: Idaho-Wyoming Poems, 1889-90 - Paperback

by Jana Harris (Author)

This series of interconnected dramatic monologues illustrates the true stories of frontier women and children who were stranded on and settled along the trails to the West. Spanning the school year 1889-90, we follow the intimate day-to-day lives of a school teacher, her students, and their parents in the mythical town of Cottonwood.

Author Biography

Jana Harris teaches creative writing at the University of Washington and at the Writer's Workshop in Seattle. She is an editor of Switched-on Gutenberg: A Global Poetry Journal, and the author of the memoir Horses Never Lie About Love and the poetry collection You Haven't Asked About My Wedding or What I Wore: Poems of Courtship on the American Frontier.