{"product_id":"mother-9798891060470","title":"Mother","description":"\u003cb\u003eDorothea Lasky's stunning new collection of poems presents an unfurling, terrifying, and fiercely loving embodiment of motherhood as a force of creation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by Bernadette Mayer's \u003ci\u003eThe Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, Lasky writes from the inner realm of a third pregnancy and guides us through a suspended timeline taut with anticipation. \u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e documents caring for small children, the death of the mother, and the simultaneous anxiety and darkness of impending birth, as Lasky transmits from a deep mythic and biologically immediate space: \"And even though I've spent \/ Eight months now \/ Dreading the sight \/ Of anything red \/ Now I long to bleed all over.\" Invoking the eternal symbol of the mother, Lasky asks us to consider an expansive understanding of the horror and devotion inherent in the daily practices of existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothea Lasky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891060470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothea Lasky\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several poetry books, most recently, \u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2026) and \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2023). Her other poetry books include: \u003ci\u003eMilk\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2018), \u003ci\u003eRome\u003c\/i\u003e (Liveright\/W.W. Norton, 2014), \u003ci\u003eThunderbird\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2012), \u003ci\u003eBlack Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eAWE\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2007). She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2019 in the Bagley Wright Lecture Series and \u003ci\u003eMEMORY\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e), 2025), as well as a future book about Sappho. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e (Essay Press, 2023) and a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eOpen the Door: How to Excite Young People About Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (McSweeney's, 2013). Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eKatie\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from HarperCollins. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. She holds a doctorate in creativity and education from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Poetry at Columbia University's School of the Arts, where she directs the Poetry program. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dorothea Lasky \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944086319261,"sku":"9798891060470","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_97b9c4b2-a0f5-4832-8c80-7681e3419b5e.jpg?v=1790153843","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mother-9798891060470","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}