About
Award-winning poet and author whose literary works include Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer; Blood Run; and Dog Road Woman. She taught at Hartwick College as a National Endowment for the Humanities Writer-in-Residence.
Before Fame
She spent most of her young adult life in North Carolina.
Trivia
She spoke at the 2006 United Nations Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Forum in New York City.
Family Life
She suffered greatly during her childhood as a result of domestic abuse and her mother's schizophrenia.
Associated With
She spent a good deal of time in North Carolina, as did Appalachian-themed writer Sharyn McCrumb.
