[Pre-Order] Seasons: A Year of Midwestern Life

From the occasional snowstorm in May to the brightness of an unseasonably warm October day and everything in between, SEASONS: A YEAR OF MIDWESTERN LIFE invites you into the rhythms of central Illinois, a unassuming and haunted place. 

SEASONS is a collection of original poetry from Midwestern writer/bookseller Nicholas Rynerson (author of The Duncan Manor Review) exploring rhythms of life, spirituality, history, gardening, and weather in rural central Illinois. SEASONS is a companion for that frustratingly beautiful human experience of living in a place in time. 

Along with over 100 new poems, SEASONS features original illustrations from Illinois-born artist Grace Mertens, bringing central Illinois to life with stunning original art.

The varied structure of the prose, short aphorisms, and transcendental perspective may appeal to readers of Wendell Berry, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Mary Oliver.

If you like these, you might like SEASONS: 

• The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
• Devotions by Mary Oliver
• The Overstory by Richard Powers
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• Daffodils by William Wordsworth
• Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg

Perfect for lovers of nature, poetry, and art. This is the first full length book published by Impeded Stream.

Pre-orders purchased from Impeded Stream will be signed and hand numbered by the author as a limited edition of 250 or less, printed in hardcover with a stamped cover.

Pre-order your copy today.

Release Date: March 2025 (Books will ship by late March)