Description
*** Publication date is October 1, 2026. All pre-sold books will be shipped on that date. ***
Through All Seasons, a chapbook of thirty-three poems, captures in vivid detail a season of challenge for Western North Carolina. In September 2024, catastrophic flooding hit the region with Hurricane Helene. Communities were devastated and lives changed forever. Duncan chronicles this storm and its aftermath as she saw it firsthand—the terror and the hope as people in her county took action to recover and help their neighbors.
This book of poems also considers the seasons of life: memories of childhood, family, friends, customs of a bygone era, and the inevitable changes that come with time.
And, finally, Through All Seasons looks at nature in different seasons and the creatures that have been part of Duncan’s life—dogs, squirrels, crows, hawks—in a region rich with wildlife that communes with the human world.
Through All Seasons offers a glimpse into life in one small region of Western North Carolina, but presents the universal experience of loss, love, and hope.
Praise for Julia Nunnally Duncan’s poetry
With each new book, Julia Nunnally Duncan further establishes herself as one of North Carolina’s finest poets.
—Ron Rash
Over the years, Julia Nunnally Duncan has established herself as an acolyte of Appalachia, a daughter of song, with a voice as true as a plumb line, and a capacious gaze that stirs her to unforgettable language.
—Joseph Bathanti
Duncan’s every reader will be reminded of some person, place, or time important to recall in a quiet hour.
—Fred Chappell
