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<p><b>A powerful, lyrical collection of essays from the award-winning author of <i>Following the River</i>, exploring the pivotal moments in her life, and how art and nature have shaped her.</b></p>
<p>Like both memory and the moon, what’s written here aims to shed what light it can, bringing it home to now.</p>
<p>How does a woman compose a life? <i>The Old Moon in Her Arms</i> is a hybrid book of fragments, pivotal moments and images in the phases of a woman’s life, turning points rendered in Lorri Neilsen Glenn’s lyrical prose.</p>
<p>Like the shifting images in a kaleidoscope, these glimpses into the life of an ordinary woman lay bare the ways family, landscape, loss, and a lifelong pursuit of knowledge have forced the author in her later years to examine what really matters. Here, readers bear witness to the making of a daughter, a student, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a mother, a feminist, an award-winning scholar and writer. Neilsen Glenn’s artistry weaves personal history, philosophy, pop culture, and contemporary thought to examine moments and people who’ve inhabited her life. « Over time and circumstance, » she says, « haven’t we all been various? »</p>
<p>Guiding her exploration are the Cree concept of wahkohtowin, the kinship in all of creation, and the elliptical path of the moon.</p>
<p>This hybrid collection of singular moments celebrates connection, wonder and endless curiosity.</p>