"Moments of Panic, Moments of Peace" is a collection of essays on reconnecting with life after loss. After the sudden death of her husband, the author finds herself facing a totally different life from the one she had imagined. Three years after her loss and dissatisfied with her "progress," she sells her house and most of her belongings, quits her job, and moves to coastal Maine. There, she begins the process of making peace with her loss, understanding her reactions to it, and finding a way to feel whole again. Using a short essay format, and a down to earth writing style, she honestly and...

Carol Potter's four previous books have earned many admirers and multiple awards. But the scope and depth of Some Slow Bees, winner of the 2014 FIELD Poetry Prize, will be a revelation even to her most devoted fans.

Potter's new collection is a book about trouble, about loss: relationships, farms, parents, places. But there's also humor, a wry look at the way we invite or stumble into trouble and how we embrace the adventure. From children at their desks watching the flood leak into the schoolroom, to the narrator and her lover paddling down a river in the dark, the book charts a journey...