Robin H. Lysne

Robin Lysne is the author of seven books, including two poetry books, and has been published in magazines and literary presses, including North American Review, Samizdat, Sand Canyon Review, Porter Gulch Review, and Rattle. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Mills College and during her time there, was selected to present a paper on The Waves at the International Virginia Woolf Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. She also has a doctorate in Energy Medicine with a private practice in Energy Medicine and healing work. Randine is her first novel.

Randine: Letters to a Midwife

Randine clutched her belly, seized by a spasm of pain unlike anything she had ever felt. She was terrified. She wasn’t sure what to do, what to expect. Would she die? Would her baby survive? She wanted her mother—Mama! She would know what to do. She remembered this dream as though she were still in it, felt the stab of their absence, tried to hold on to an image of her parents loving her. But when she looked again, only Hella and Holda were smiling.

Robin H. Lysne

Robin Lysne is the author of seven books, including two poetry books, and has been published in magazines and literary presses, including North American Review, Samizdat, Sand Canyon Review, Porter Gulch Review, and Rattle. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Mills College and during her time there, was selected to present a paper on The Waves at the International Virginia Woolf Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. She also has a doctorate in Energy Medicine with a private practice in Energy Medicine and healing work. Randine is her first novel.

Randine: Letters to a Midwife

Randine clutched her belly, seized by a spasm of pain unlike anything she had ever felt. She was terrified. She wasn’t sure what to do, what to expect. Would she die? Would her baby survive? She wanted her mother—Mama! She would know what to do. She remembered this dream as though she were still in it, felt the stab of their absence, tried to hold on to an image of her parents loving her. But when she looked again, only Hella and Holda were smiling.

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