Drive Through the Night: Poetic Field Notes on Taming, Reclaiming & Becoming Wild

By L.M. Browning

Following the release of her micro-memoir, To Lose the Madness, and the TEDx Talk at Yale University based on her life, Browning returns from a six-year poetic silence with, Drive through the Night.

Raw, gritty, lonesome, and stunningly authentic—we pick up Browning's trail a mid-life as the poet reflects on her journey through her major relationships, both with lovers and self. 

The arc of these poems traces the poet's journey of overcoming and rebecoming while simultaneously set against the iconic backdrop of the American Southwest. In her words, "These poems and ponderings were written across the nights—while traveling the distance between who I was expected to become and who I authentically (irrevocably) am." 

In Drive Through the Night, we follow the trail of an orphan-turned-vagabond who left behind the white picket fence for the open range and open road.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Homebound Publications
• Release date: May 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781953340467

L.M. Browning

L.M. Browning is a TEDx talker, photojournalist, and the award-winning author of twelve titles. She grew up in the small fishing village of Stonington, Connecticut. In her writing, Browning explores the confluence of the natural landscape and the interior landscape. She holds an Associates degree in Philosophy and a Bachelor or Arts from Harvard University focusing on English, Psychology, and Digital Media. Over the last ten years of her career, she has served on the Board of the Independent Book Publisher’s Association and is a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Writers. In 2011, she founded Homebound Publications and its divisions, which has gone on to become a leading independent publisher in the country. A vagabond, Leslie’s seasonal basecamp can be found in the Berkshire Mountains & Northampton, MA areas. When not writing, or publishing the work of indie authors, she is roaming the mountains . . . which are ever-calling.

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