A collection of thirty-six evocative poems, melancholic and whimsical, that explores the natural world and the collapse of ecosystems, mothers and daughters, aging, the inner life of words, and the secret lives of ordinary objects.
Gay Guard Chamberlin is a multi-media visual and performance artist as well as a writer. She has a Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College, Chicago, and is a member of Poets & Patrons, Illinois State Poets Society, TallGrass Writers Guild, Budlong Writers Group, North Center Seniors Writers sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, and Women on the Verge in Kalamazoo, MI. She has taught skills as diverse as self-defense/martial arts, poetry, collage and paper-making to children and adults. Gay is a certified Interplay instructor and has also worked as office manager for an arts-in-schools organization, waitress, childcare provider, and caregiver for people with dementia. She lives in Chicago with her husband troubadour/songwriter/techno-pop musician/ painter/video artist Doug Chamberlin. Red Thread through a Rusty Needle is her first book.
