Marybeth Holleman’s newest book is Bloom Again, a novel. She’s also the author of the poetry collection tender gravity, and nonfiction books including The Heart of the Sound and is the co-author of Among Wolves. Raised by North Carolina’s Smokies, she now lives in the embrace of Alaska's Chugach Mountains.

Bloom Again, Marybeth’s debut novel, is available August 2025. 

Elyse is an empty-nest mother and artist in Alaska, and Astrid is a paleobotany professor in North Carolina. When the seemingly fulfilling lives of these distanced childhood friends are shaken, everything they’ve carefully established—from friends to careers to marriages—shifts, slips, unravels.

“If you love the world, if you fear for its future, you must read Bloom Again. Its beautifully told story lifted me, inspired me, moved me to tears, and gave me ideas, energy, determination, and—yes, I’ll say it— hope.”

—Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Great Tide Rising