esistance is a rich tapestry of experience from a poet who speaks the nuanced language of love, family, history, and heritage. Lee Orlich Bertram explores and celebrates the personal as well as the universal in this clear-eyed, heartfelt debut, and in doing so, provides yet another beautiful facet of what it means to be fully human.

-Annie Lampman, author of Sins of the Bees and Professor of honors creative writing, Washington State University

A lyrical feast for the mind and heart.

-Mary Ellen Bramwell, best-selling author of The Apple of My Eye