{"product_id":"once-upon-a-tar-creek-mining-for-voices-9781735576220","title":"Once Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices\u003c\/em\u003e, is part eco-poetry collection, part memoir, part Quapaw history. In this fascinating, well-researched book, Hurtt explores the story and voices associated with one of the most polluted waterways in the United States, Tar Creek, located in Oklahoma. It is a cautionary tale that reminds us that on this planet, we all live downstream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurtt, Maryann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Growing up in Livermore, California, Maryann Hurtt aspired to be a rodeo clown. By the time she was in 6 th grade in Arlington, Virginia, she recorded in her diary that she wanted to be a storyteller (a good one) She now lives in Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine and is retired after thirty years working as a hospice RN. She spends her time hiking, reading, biking, and writing. Hurtt's poetry has been published in a variety of print journals, online, and anthologies including Verse Wisconsin, Poetry Hall, Ariel, Stoneboat, Verse-Virtual, Wisconsin People \u0026amp; Ideas, Blue Heron Review, Halfway Down the Stairs, Snapdragon, Cancer Poetry Project II and others. Her chapbook, River, came out in 2016. She also co-authored with Cynthia Frozena, Hospice Care Planning: An Interdisciplinary Guide. She is passionate about environmental issues and has shared her Tar Creek poetry in Wisconsin, Oregon, Oklahoma, Montana, Vermont, New Mexico, Arizona, and Washington D C. She is forever grateful to Water and Water Protectors everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turning Plow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382979170578,"sku":"9781735576220","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-upon-a-tar-creek-mining-for-voices-9781735576220","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}