In the Hands of the River

Lucien Darjeun Meadows's speaker examines queer identity, Cherokee heritage, disordered eating, and family trauma in his childhood in West Virginia.Lucien is a well-connected, wildly published poet, with work in Appalachian Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Ecotone, Narrative, New England Review, Pleiades, Poetry Daily, and West Branch.Lucien has received fellowships and awards from the Academy of American Poets, American Alliance of Museums, Bread Loaf Conferences, National Association for Interpretation, and University of Denver.Blurbs anticipated from Chloe Honum, Jacques Rancourt, Traci Brimhall