“Truly this is the best How To book I’ve read in years. Bernadette Mayer makes a various world of real people in real times and places, a fact of love and loving use. She has impeccable insight and humor. She is a consummate poet no matter what’s for supper or who eats it. Would that all genius were as generous.” – Robert Creeley

Be strong Bernadette



Nobody will ever know



I came here for a reason



Perhaps there is a life here



Of not being afraid of your own heart beating



Do not be afraid of your own heart beating



Look at very small things with your eyes



& stay warm

From “The Way to Keep Going in Antarctica”