amp10amp10Winner of the APRHonickman First Book Award selected byamp10Pulitzer Prizewinner Jericho Brownamp10amp10Bright Shade is an appreciation of the wild woodsamp10the rolling hills the Appalachian air and the little rivers that were theamp10setting of Chelsea Harlans upbringing. The poems speak through the liminalamp10space between the body and its relationships to other bodies and the humanamp10relationship with natureand so climate change is inevitably part of thisamp10books undercurrent of grief. As the author navigates the high highs and theamp10low lows of manic depression Bright Shade articulates the wonder thatamp10accompanies sadness and the sadness that accompanies joy. Chelsea Harlanamp8217s workamp10is humorous indeed bittersweet bright shade and a little strange inamp10exactly the right way. amp10amp10