Of This River

ContentsFirst Memory of WaterDrowning as Taught by Short-Haired GirlSmall HistoriesWoman Who Will Be Short-Haired Girl’s Mother Plants Potatoes after a Night Trying to ConceiveShort-haired girlCorpuscularRidge and Valley as Taught by Short-Haired GirlSkinsLearning to Talk to Animals as Told by Short-Haired GirlSaint FrancisShort-Haired Girl Visits Her Cousin Who Moved Back Home Last WeekWoman Who Catches KingfishersShort-Haired Girl Goes to ChurchThursday nightsHow Blood Becomes the RiverBrown Trout Tells Short-Haired Girl about the End of OctoberShort-Haired Girl’s Brother Watches Her Gut a DeerDream in Which I Sin and Weep Myself AwakeKissing the Woman Carried in Bear’s MouthHungerThe Language of SiltCoyote Tells Short-Haired Girl about Loving His BrotherThe Story of the Raven King as Told by Short-Haired Girl’s BrotherMurmuration on Bell Tip RoadLightnin’ Hopkins Returns as a Bluetick HoundShort-Haired Girl’s Grandmother Speaks of the DeadWhat Names the Moon GivesShort-Haired Girl’s Aunt Tells Her about November AgainIn fields where juncoWhat Was LeftShort-Haired Girl Praises a Child on a HorseMendingShort-Haired Girl’s Aunt Tells Her about the Woman Who Eats the RiverFeeding Hogs as Taught by Short-Haired GirlEvery day is a godOil as Taught by Short-Haired GirlWinter SolsticeShort-Haired Girl’s Dead Cousin VisitsJune EveningShort-Haired Girl’s Father Catalogues Summer AfternoonFirst Love as Told by Short-Haired GirlMap of the BodyShort-Haired Girl Dreams of Her FamilyMenstruation as Taught by Short-Haired GirlLottery TicketsShort-Haired Girl Visits Her BrotherAugust MarketSnapping Turtle Tells Short-Haired Girl about LonelinessWhat It Means for the Bear to Eat AshFebruary New MoonShort-Haired Girl’s Father Confesses Her ConceptionShort-Haired Girl Stops Going to Church