Cedar Brant talks with CL Young about newborn loss, place, and the erasure of self that accompanies deep grief and parenthood.

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Cedar Brant grew up in northern Montana and worked for many years as a field botanist. She is the author of the book of poems ‘Like Any Other Dream Will Do.’ She currently lives in Moab, Utah where she is training as a birth story listener focusing on birth trauma with the Birth Story Medicine School, homesteading in a trailer on a creek, and spending time in the canyons with her husband, her child, and her dog. 

Sema’s music is from a song by Teal Gardner called “Joy Heraldic.” You can find more of her music here: https://spirit88.bandcamp.com/album/free-in-the-open-field 

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