Goose River Press is pleased to announce the publication of Chronicles of Humans with Nature by Madison, Connecticut resident Carol Leavitt Altieri, a graduate of Andover High School. The official publication date is set for November 1.

Chronicles of Humans with Nature is a follow-up to Still Brooding on a Strong Branch; a pendulum that swings between the memories and experiences of family members and our engagement with the natural world. In this collection there are 80 nature and humanistic poems that honor the memory of, pay tribute to, and sanctify the lives of loved ones.

One of the most central and universal topics for poetry is some aspect of personal sorrow, grief, mourning, or another related loss, springing from the central core of the human condition. The poems extend in rivers beyond the loss in terms of their emotional and imaginative range that one hopes will transcend and reverberate in many places.

“I have tried to create multi-dimensional poems — broad and deep, models of us humans with nature, as rich as we are in the full world. Poetry writing has taught me to search for all the moments in nature and experiences where life is on the edge, where change is only a heartbeat away. It is the inevitability of change and loss that is the most somber reality of our world,” said Carol.

A member of the Guilford Poets Guild, Carol is now a retired English and science teacher. She has published four previous books of poetry: In Beijing, There Are No Dawn Redwoods; Isinglass River; The Jade Bower; Still Brooding on a Strong Branch. Chronicles of Humans with Nature is her fifth.

If you are interested in having Carol for a book signing or a TV, radio, or newspaper interview, please contact Goose River Press to make arrangements. Books are available from the publisher at GooseRiverPress.com and at your local bookstore.