Lightning Is a Mother Author|Art Berman A long-time resident of the

A long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area

This novella is a guidebook to a future that has not arrived yet

He now lives in Austin Texas

” - Joe Friedrichs

“85A is blessed with one of the most appealing and unique narrators I’ve come across in fiction in a while

Lightning Is a Mother Author|Art Berman A long-time resident of theIn this breathtaking, expansive poetry collection, Bethany Jarmul explores identity, spirituality, motherhood, and nature. Within these lyrically rich poems, Appalachia is a kind of Eden, a paradise spoiled by humanity. Eve, the first mother, becomes a starting point for the speaker's exploration of what it means to be a mother, an earth dweller, a self. This book opens in creation, unflinchingly faces the dangers and wonders of our world, and ends