Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts Apache and the enduring love we

and the enduring love we hold for the people and places we are far away from

and Margie

turns out to be based in myth and distortion

while Boogidi the skunk

and life ways are the key to living a good life and the key to a strong

Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts Apache and the enduring love weVerb Animate explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich's artistic collaborations with Twin Cities choreographers, visual artists, digital artists, and others. Poems generated from these collaborations are paired with reflections on the experience of collaboration and prompts for readers to use to generate their own poetry in relation to art. Art from Jonathan Thunder, a frequent collaborator with Erdrich, appears on the cover and in the book.