About the Book:

"Is it possible to capture the essence of what it really means to be alive? Can words do justice to the emotions that we choose to feel or are desperate to protect ourselves from? Words can indeed and award-winning poet Liza Sisk shows us how in her moving new collection of poems, On Being Alive.

"Written in free verse, Sisk's poems unfold almost as a novel that chronicles her life. Deeply felt and astonishingly intimate. Sisk acquaints us with her struggle to break through the protective emotional wall she built around herself as a child and finally engage fully in the richness of life . . . [by achieving] a free-flow of energy and emotion.

"Exciting and innovative, On Being Alive is more than a poetry book; accompanying the poems are the author's own provocative photos adding texture and insight to the wonderful verse. All-encompassing in scope and beautifully designed, On Being Alive is both deeply personal and universally profound."─Ellen Tanner Marsh, The New York Times