Degrees of Separation is a collection of fifty poems which explore overlapping concepts of womanhood and femininity through ecopoetry. The poems focus on a speaker reflecting on her girlhood and the complexities of emerging into womanhood. They also look at issues of regional natural landscape with a focus on the North Carolina Piedmont and Appalachia. The collection explores how the natural world and the feminine intertwine to allow passage from youth into adulthood.