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Jen Stever

Immuk and Cookies

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​USD $7.00
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17 pages
Released July 2020


Immuk and Cookies is a song of matrilineal heritage, a symbol of the mother-daughter bond, and a tribute to Iñupiaq culture.

Excerpt

IMMUK AND COOKIES
 
My daughter
sleeps with
her hand on
my cheek.
 
It smells like
the Oreo
I gave her
for dessert.
 
She breathes
over me
the sweetness
of milk.
 
She drew it
from my breast.
It returns there.
Lives there.

About the Author

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​Jen Stever is an Iñupiaq writer, mom, artist, and proud nerd. She grew up splitting her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Alaska. Jen currently lives in Anchorage with her husband, daughter, and two dogs, and is a student at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literary Arts program.
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