Nancy Bo Flood – författare

Badger Clark (1883–1957), South Dakota’s first poet laureate, is best known for his “A Cowboy’s Prayer,” erroneously attributed to Anonymous and a mainstay at rodeos across the United States. After spending much of his childhood in Deadwood, SD, Badger escaped a harrowing experience in Cuba and then found his vocation as a cowboy and a poet in Arizona. He had a way of expressing that smooth, rolling, clip-clop rhythm of horse and rider. Flood describes Badger’s poetry as “Shakespeare meets Walt Whitman during a cattle drive.” Badger Clark’s legacy as a bard of the American West endures. For over one hundred years, Badger Clark’s poems have been sung and celebrated at poetry gatherings, rodeos, and many a cowboy’s final farewell. His plain and simple verses spoke of his love for the land and a deep appreciation for a life lived close to nature. Badger Clark: Poetry Wrangler tells the story of this iconic Western writer and celebrates his enduring poetry.

Som många andra flickor drömmer Eva om att bli dansare. Men Eva föddes med cerebral pares. Hon kan bara röra på huvudet, armarna och fingrarna. Hur ska någon som hon kunna dansa? En dag läser hennes mamma en annons i tidningen om intagning till dansstudio YOUNG DANCE. ”Alla funktionsvarianter, alla åldrar. Alla är välkomna”, står det. Kanske, kanske kan Eva försöka … En poetisk och livsbejakande bok som är en hyllning till dansen och den grace som finns i allas kroppar.