This former nun and teacher saw poetry as the means to create lasting images beyond the headlines concerning school shootings in the U.S., forced marriages in Pakistan, racism, pestilence, solitary confinement, missing Aboriginal women, terrorism, and the like. Mulhern's newest book, How We Fare, is unlike any other that takes yesterday's forgotten news and revives it, making it relevant today and tomorrow. Rather than editorializing, Mary Ann has made the poem the event. This unique compilation introduces intricate perspectives to some of the depicted issues seen in recent news events within the last several years.