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

Book cover for "Still Wild: poems from bear shack" by Suzanne Sunshower features a Baltimore oriole perched on a wooden post against a blurred green background, with orange and white text.

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

A woman wearing glasses, a red headscarf, and a red shirt stands outdoors in a forest, resting her hands against the trunk of a large tree. Sunlight filters through the trees, illuminating her face.

(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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