Julie Valin

The Distance Between: Poems by Julie Valin

The Distance Between reflects a woman balancing her own wild and reckless heart with the responsibilities of marriage and motherhood. It is both the drawing together and the completely falling apart; the slow dancing in the kitchen and the slamming of the doors. To write lines about the one you love such as ?and what we have/isn?t called sex anymore? and balance it with the simplicity of ?Coltrane on the stereo/red wine and mac and cheese/and a quiet bliss? takes raw guts, which Julie has plenty of, as she opens the window to these joyous and painful truths.