But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one.
But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Her words, like spells, conjure the water’s music, the sun’s warmth, the “stories from stones.” River Spells will bring you into an experience of oneness of the natural world, and like any good spell, transform you back into your true nature.From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip–a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. She captures the essence of the river’s magic so we can keep it close and dip into it to renew our spirits whenever we need. Meredith Heller does just this in River Spells. In nature, there are magical moments we want to bottle up and take home with us. Kaplan, Poet Laureate, Alexandria Virginia (2016-2019) In River Spells Heller takes us to her beloved Yuba River, introducing us to what she sees and experiences in a recitation of musical words that invite our bodies and spirits to dance with her: insects sibilate, stars shimmy, all this life/thrumming/through me, cacophony, gurgles, murmuration, whisper, bubbling, blowing… Delicious words that describe the Yuba River and enchant the reader.Īnd true to her poetry, she asks the important questions that are left humming in our hearts, “ What kind of watermark will you leave?” Bewitching incantations await in this new collection of poems aptly called River Spells.
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