Swim Lessons

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>In this collection of poetry and personal essay Maud Lavin crafts a generous vision of Lake Michigan Chicago pacifist Jewish heritage climate science sensuality love and ethics-all experienced through the senses of an ever-changing body. This book asks the question: what does it mean to live in one body for an entire lifetime? In narrative verse and image-rich realism Lavin lifts up the self as one part of a collective called to share the planet's water and protect it-for all our lives. 74 pages 6 x 8 perfect-bound cover art by Lucia Enriquez.</span></p>