In her second volume merging textile work and poetry, Krista Barmer invites us to venture to the far-off places within. To the places where perfection, constraint, and convention fade away. To the places where daring and desire, healing and reclaiming are the taproots of an abundant harvest. To the places where all matter is divine.

​In The Keeper, we find a hard-won love letter to the self, honoring inherent dignity, patient expansion, and quiet confidence.