Hope is the Color of the Sun: A Poet Scrapbooks Her Way Back to Courage is an atypical scrapbook of creative non-fiction and poetry that captures the writer's journey back to hope and light after walking through the grief of losing her mother. The atypical scrapbook is a collection of writings in which the writing is like the scrapbook picture and the poet "captioned" each writing with the inspiration and story of the writing. 

Originally from Bowman, North Dakota, Erika Joy is a poet and writer. She holds a BA in English Education and an MA in English, both from NDSU. She writes to help people feel less alone and to defeat that ever-present villain of Forgetfulness!