What a delight to participate in the

Tupelo Press 30/30 Alumni Reading at AWP,

Los Angeles, March 27, 2025

A million thanks to Kirsten Miles, national director for the 30/30 Project--and to fellow alumni who shared their terrific poetry!

(And thanks to Maria Caponi for the photo!)

“The unforgettable poems in Field of Everlasting shine their light on the small, crucial moments that locate ground zero in a woman’s life. I’m drawn to their grounding in the body, their playful questing, their subtle music. Kristine Rae Anderson’s clear, unadorned voice is alive with love.”

––Joan Larkin

“There’s a kind of translucence in Field of Everlasting, light shining through the images, and through the words themselves. It’s very clear light, crystalline-sharp, but also mysterious. Kristine Rae Anderson imbues the everyday of life and love and loss — the particulars of being daughter/lover/mother/wife — with something tender and magical. With a deft and precise and lyrical touch, she turns what happened into a kind of eternity. These are keenly observed, beautifully wrought, quietly moving poems.”

—Cecilia Woloch