Ordinary Light

<p>Born and raised in desert towns hundreds of miles apart Laura Maher and L.I. Henley found each other through poetry. <em>Ordinary Light</em> traces a correspondence of the growing connections of two strangers uncovering a shared archeological dig of lost loves regrets questions and other half-buried artifacts of memory. Place both geological and historical are at the center of these poems as are concerns about illness climate change gender-based violence and political unrest. </p>