Maverick

"It took me decades to understand how my earliest relationships with animals shaped me, how the trajectory of my life - from trapper to horse trainer to goatherd to rancher - was influenced by my understanding of the worth of animal bodies." - From the "Note to the Reader"

A moving collection of personal essays from Laura Jean Schneider, illustrated by Annalisse Brasil.

Laura Jean Schneider has published essays and fiction in New Mexico Magazine , Montana Quarterly , High Country News , The Writer , and The Baltimore Review . Once a cattle rancher, she now writes from Port Townsend, Washington, where she lives with a Corgi named Hatch.

Annalisee Brasil is a Washington-based musician, writer, and artist. When she’s not working, Annalisee loves to explore the woods and beauty of the Pacific Northwest with her family.