Jan Baross

In Living Color Jan Baross

Award winning novelist Jan Baross has produced her first poetry collection. Her unique wit and observations provide gracious witness to the sweetness and frailties of our human condition. "This book of poems is dedicated to family-not a family expressing love by silent revery, but by wild truth. And these aren't poems tamed to the literary, but the kind of utterance you wish your relatives would say, rich with honest sorrow and vibrant joy. If you've lost someone, this book is your kind companion. If you revere moments from childhood, find friendly ways of seeing your young self here. If you are bereft, learn how to pepper loss with discovery. This book says, No more reticence. Read these poems to wake up what you say to those you love-especially yourself."Kim Stafford, former Oregon poet laureate and author of Singer Come from Afar