Billboard in the Clouds

"Billboard in the Clouds is a volume of poems that intimately weaves the rhythms of the tides, winds, birds, and crops, and the intense strength of poet Suzanne Rancourt's own heartbeat. Rancourt creates her poes with a tongue that is sparse and clean, simple and elegant—rich with music and purpose." —devorah major, author of Brown Glass Windows and where river meets ocean

"Suzanne Rancourt's Billboard in the Cloud should go a long way dispelling the common plaint of non-Native New Englanders and upper-state New Yorkers that there are no Indian people in the area. The Abenaki world in these poems resonates just as soundly and clearly as similar Indian worlds do in a Sherman Alexie novel or a Joy Harjo poem. Read this book and you will see what I'm talking about." —Gear Hobson, author of The Last of the Ofos
 

"With vivid images and ecstatic intensity, Suzanne Rancourt maps the jagged contours of the contemporary landscape. Her family stories show us how history weaves through our lives, how the simplest moments become ceremonies. I am struck by her honesty, her refusal to look away from the most difficult truths. Grounded in the northeast land of her ancestors, her poetry affirms a deep connectedness that is crucial to all our survival." —Cheryl Savageau, author of Dirt Road Home