Paper Bag Equations - Paperback

Paper Bag Equations follows seven years of poems in which Cameron Goya Lynde works through the guilt, shame, and self-doubt shaped by his religious upbringing. Instead of settling for easy answers, he writes toward honest peace and a steadier kind of hope-reworking the equation whenever it stops making sense.

The poems appear alongside 35mm film photographs that offer quieter pauses between the heavier moments. Where the writing captures the tension of inner change, the images remind us of the gentler rhythms of everyday life.

Shot mostly on Oahu, with additional photos from Portland, coastal Oregon, central California, and the Big Island, the collection speaks to anyone sorting through belief, rebuilding meaning, or simply trying to move toward love and clarity.