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Heather Swan

Heather Swan
Heather Swan is the author of the nonfiction books Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnection and Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field (winner of the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award) and two books of poetry, A Kinship with Ash and Dandelion. Her recent essays can be found in The Sun, Emergence Magazine, and About Place Journal. She lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin.


An Incomplete Biography of Jane Hirshfield in Six Jobs (with Poems)

Heather Swan on the Many Roles of a Poet, and Friend
April 14, 2025  By Heather Swan
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