Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts Apache and life ways are the

and life ways are the key to living a good life and the key to a strong

and Margie

” (Library Journal)

A revolutionary collaboration about the world we're living in now

helping us to care for the mind

Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts Apache and life ways are theVerb Animate explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich's artistic collaborations with Twin Cities choreographers, visual artists, digital artists, and others. Poems generated from these collaborations are paired with reflections on the experience of collaboration and prompts for readers to use to generate their own poetry in relation to art. Art from Jonathan Thunder, a frequent collaborator with Erdrich, appears on the cover and in the book.