The poetry book Upward Spiral has been selected as a finalist in the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards for this year. Upward Spiral is an anthology of poems by four Silver City women. Shelly Barnett, Leonore Hildebrandt, Pamela Warren Williams, and Lynne Zotalis. Its theme “spiraling upward” speaks to the momentum of transformative thought, instilling both love and concern for our future on earth.