The Smokehouse Boys would be a good book club selection. Be drawn into world of rushing rivers and blackberry wine, of ancient forests and barroom seductions, of maidenhair and heroin. This is the vibrant vocabulary of Shaunna McCovey, a member of the Yurok Indian tribe, whose poetry captures the day-to-day struggle of northwestern California's native people. Author, Shaunna Oteka McCovey (Yurok/Karuk) wrote her first poem at the age of six while growing up on the Yurok Indian reservation in northern California. She holds master's degrees in social work and environmental law and a juris doctorate from Vermont Law School. She teaches at Humboldt State University in the Department of Social Work.