<div><p><i>Dark. Sweet.</i> offers readers the sweep of Linda Hogan's work—environmental and spiritual concerns, her Chickasaw heritage—in spare, elemental, visionary language.</P><p><b>From "Those Who Thunder":</b></P><i><p>Those who thunder<br>have dark hair<br>and red throw rugs.<br>They burn paper in bathroom sinks.<br>Their voices refuse to suffer<br>and their silences know the way<br>straight to the heart;<br>it's bus route number eight.</P></i><p><b>Linda Hogan</b> is the recipient of the 2007 Mountains and Plains Booksellers Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award. Her poetry has received an American Book Award, Colorado Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle nomination.<br></DIV>