Rachel Sumner is an emerging writer whose work explores the nuanced intersections of identity, grief, and connection. With a focus on family, self-discovery, and the inherent complexity of the human experience, she crafts narratives that are both deeply personal and universally relevant. Based in Oakland, CA (and splitting time in Brooklyn, NY), Rachel is working on her first novel - an exploration of kinship, family separation, and the pursuit of wholeness and belonging. “ … i ask myself, you lives here?
a hungry child still waiting to be fed / a body etched with the scars of abandonment / a survivor of the lessons of grief come to soon / a contortionist folding herself smaller and smaller / a growing muscle attempting to bench press the weight of the world / an organizer as coping mechanism / a tenacious healer / a parent to the child of myself / a yin to a yang / an instigator of deep belly laughter / a hiker of endless mountains / a craver of deep connection / a kale lover before it was cool / a fumbling wordsmith / a mostly grounded yogi / a sometimes ghost in my own house / a village dreamer / a tail wagging in play / a horny love seeker / an awe filled wanderer/ a cowboy in the wild wild west of my mind / a vessel for synchronicity / an open channel to all the possibilities / an attentive listener / a wide - opened seer / a page waiting to be written / a story ready to be told. “
