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University Of Georgia Press
Emily Perez And Nancy Reddy
The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood
N/A
2022
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Publisher > University Of Georgia Press
Author > Emily Perez And Nancy Reddy
Title > The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood
Issue > N/A
Year > 2022
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ISBN > 9780820360584
Pages > 248
Genre > Fiction Literary-Anthologies
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > ANTHOLOGY
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2022-04
Release > 2026-10-19
Disks > 01 x 3 MB
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The Long Devotion is a collection of poems essays and writing prompts that
celebrates motherhood and creates a space as poet Molly Spencer has written
to tell an unlovely truth about family life and not have to take it backThe
poets in this book represent and describe a wide range of experiences They
write about encountering the world anew through their children
intersections of parenting and race single parenting adoptive foster and
stepparenting life with chronic illness mental illness and disability and
the choice to remain childless The book is divided into four parts
Difficulty Ambivalence and Joy considers the wonder and challenges of
parentingincluding infertility pregnancy miscarriage and life with
childrenand trying to write in the midst of those demands The Body and the
Brain explores the cerebral and bodily labor of caregiving and writing In
the World brings parents and their children into contact with the
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-long-devotion-poets-writing-motherhood-
emily-perez/c1ed1643efbc2ab7
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