Still Wild: Becoming a True Yooper — A Journey Into the Woods, Grief, and Renewal with Suzanne Sunshower

UPPAA A woman wearing glasses, a red headscarf, and a red shirt stands in a forest with her hands resting on the trunk of a tree. Sunlight filters through the trees in the background.

Emma Palova interviews Suzanne Sunshower Click on the triangle below to start listening https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pudrwjquq6n88mdj/audio1315549325.m4a At sixty, after a string of losses and a lifetime of making art and words, I did the impulsive, crazy thing: I moved into a 50-year-old hunting camper tucked away in the Michigan woods. I call…

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Local Poet Chronicles Life “Still Wild” in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

UPPAA Book cover for "Still Wild: poems from bear shack" by Suzanne Sunshower, featuring a Baltimore oriole perched on a weathered wooden post with a blurred green background.

(November 8, 2025) Michigan’s Upper Peninsula holds the treasure of nature where the poet’s soul can live with life in its pure and unadulterated form. Poet and artist Suzanne Sunshower moved to these north woods from downstate so she could observe and embrace this mode of living. Her first solo poetry…

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