Understory: A Poem

Understory is an epic, a poem that historically follows the deeds and misdeeds of heroes. The hero at the heart of this contemporary epic explores the dominions of her native terrain, the passions and battles of the body, and of her own literal and figurative understory...the singular network of lives, desires, and liberations that sustain the larger story of a life.

About the Author
Rotert, Rebecca: - Rebecca Rotert received her MA from Hollins University where she was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets prize. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Santa Clara Review, America magazine, and the New York Times, among others. She is the author of a collection of poems, All the Animals We Ever Were, and a novel, Last Night at the Blue Angel, which received a Friends of American Writers Award and the Nebraska Book Award. She lives in Omaha.