Good River

by Sara Vander Zwaag

Good River contains poetry that moves through the ebb & flow of heartbreak, healing, growth, & transformation. Each poem is evocative of memory & its impact on the body & spirit through tender language & movement.

“A fierce voice governs the language these poems are spoken in. The landscapes are familiar yet we find ourselves in them more passionate, braver, more willing to ravish or be ravished. The details are delicate, the voice is sure. The truth is, Sara Vander Zwaag’s world is built for those who are “Euphoria was there/for us, bare as we dared to be.”

-Kazim Ali, author of Northern Power, Land, and the Memory of Water

Sarah Vander Zwaag Sara loves plants, especially flowers and vegetables. She loves animals, mountains, and bodies of water. She loves her fiancé, Tyler and her cat, Timo. She loves her friends and family. She loves Oakland, California, where she lives. She loves sunshine and drinking kombucha. She loves reading, especially while walking. She loves forests. She loves working as a Health Coach and helping people heal. She loves poetry. Her work has appeared in The White Stag Journal, The Offending Adam, and Volume Poetry. She was the recipient of the 2011 Lannan Poetry Prize as well as a scholarship to the New York Summer Writer’s Program.

58 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Kat Dixon · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection that would have shone in 2010 but feels too late in 2020. Standouts include "It Was So Fucking Green," the second "Dear Cameron," "On a Tuesday in February, a Mars Rover Died," the third "Dear Cameron," "Another Way to Say I'm Here," "The Membrane Had a Door the Whole Time," "Simple Love Poem," the fourth "Dear Cameron," and "Highway 1."