Author is acclaimed poet, essayist, novelist, and translator of more than 20 books, as well as publisher of the independent press Nighboat Books, Northern Light appeals to the massive audience he's garnered through previous publications as well as his professional work in publishing
Hardcover release was widely reviewed by reputable outlets the Minneapolis Star Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, Anchorage Daily News, Shelf Awareness, and World Literature Today
Paperback package includes a Reader's Guide in the interior, written by Fact & Fiction bookseller Chris La Tray
Book's engagement with and interrogation of colonialism, immigration, aboriginal communities, hydroelectric development, suicide, and identity provides opportunities for wide readership