With My Sister in a Tornado Warning

<p><strong>Shellie Harwood's</strong> work focuses on the monstrous things that happen to us and the damage we inflict upon one another. What happens to us collectively when we fail to rescue others and ourselves. This collection is about brutality and loss and too the yearning we have to save what most needs saving.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Shellie Harwood</strong> brings the same dramatic precision she has as an actress to these startling poems in the well-named collection <em>With My Sister in a Tornado Warning</em>. The book including a poem of the same name captures a running theme: disaster and how it shapes human beings. Harwood's skill as a poet is evident throughout this collection with her fresh perspective sharp clarity and a striking lyrical voice. Each poem reveals an epiphany. This collection of thirty-four poems is a powerful offering indeed.</p><p><strong>-Michael Corrigan</strong> Author of <em>Mulligan</em> <em>These Precious Hours </em>and <em>Confessions of a Shanty Irishman</em></p>