LifeList

Overview

LifeList is a meditation on memory, love, and grief organized through the language of birding. From a fluttering first kiss to the frantic flapping of the last captive passenger pigeon on Earth looking for her mate, LifeList explores the relation of the individual to her incessantly disappearing habitat.

Author Biography

Jessica Smith, Founding Editor of Foursquare and name magazines and Coven Press, serves as the Librarian for Indian Springs School, where she curates the Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she received her B.A. in English and Comparative Literature: Language Theory, M.A. in Comparative Literature, and M.L.S. from SUNY Buffalo, where she participated in the Poetics Program. She is the author of numerous chapbooks including Trauma Mouth (Dusie 01/01/2015) and two fulllength books of poetry, Organic Furniture Cellar (Outside Voices 01/01/2006) and LifeList (Chax 01/01/2015).