In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

But there is another side, a poetic side. Swanson recently published her second book of poems. Her poetry is about people, the old and the young, the sick and the dying, and the fleeting moments ...

Now, she's released I Cut My Tongue on a Broken Country, an intimate collection of poems covering topics including lineage, family ... much because most of the book was written by the point ...