"Passage by Gwen Benaway sent me running for my poetry pen just when I thought I was done with poetry — like cigarettes and booze, I'd sworn it off. But Benaway's talent blows me away. I'm inspired. I want more. I will read it twice, thrice even. The first time fast, like a poetry junkie, the second time more slowly to let it settle, to revel in the art, the language, the words. This is a collection of poems exploring some of the most important questions of origin and ancestors, sense of place and identity, loss and love. Benaway's collection is raw and engaging and relatable. To my fellow book club members I say, drop everything and read this book now."