SARA

VANDER ZWAAG

A young woman with brown hair, wearing a white shirt with orange patterns and blue jeans, sitting on dry grass in a hilly outdoor area during sunset, smiling at the camera.

Sara loves plants, especially flowers and vegetables. She loves animals, mountains, and bodies of water. She loves her fiancé, Tyler and her cat, Timo. She loves her friends and family. She loves Oakland, California, where she lives. She loves sunshine and drinking kombucha. She loves reading, especially while walking. She loves forests. She loves working as a Health Coach and helping people heal. She loves poetry. Her work has appeared in The White Stag Journal, The Offending Adam, and Volume Poetry. She was the recipient of the 2011 Lannan Poetry Prize as well as a scholarship to the New York Summer Writer’s Program.

Book cover titled "Good River" by Sara Vander Zwaag, featuring a photo of two hands clasped over water with sunlight shining through.

GOOD RIVER

Good River contains poetry that moves through the ebb & flow of heartbreak, healing, growth, & transformation. Each poem is evocative of memory & its impact on the body & spirit through tender language & movement.

Euphoria was there/for us, bare as we dared to be.

Euphoria was there/for us, bare as we dared to be.