Poetry. "Tara Shoemaker Holdren writes with an uncompromising pen, giving us the unsettledness of domesticity: the imbalances of woman and man, old and young, hope and realization. Her poems, as the best poems do, contain glimpses of discovery - of our humanity - in language filled with subtle and unexpected turns. CIRCUMNAVIGATION is a fine first book, one that presents and voice that is seasoned and fresh. It is an engaging read"--A.G. "Jerry" Wemple, MFA, Associate Professor of English, Bloomsburg University. First prize winner in the Mulberry Poets and Writers Association for 2008, Holdren teaches high school English and is the advisor for the school's literary magazine.

Author City: Millville, PA USA

Tara Shoemaker Holdren is a member of Bloomsburg's River Poets and lives in Millville, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two sons. She also plays guitar and sings in her church's contemporary worship team each week. She teaches high school English and is the advisor for the school's literary magazine. Tara's work has been published in Watershed, Time of Singing, The Press Enterprise, The Daily Item, and Pennsylvania Magazine.

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