8%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Dottery (Pitt Poetry Series)
Kirsten Kaschock
€ 19.99
€ 18.40
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Dottery (Pitt Poetry Series)
Paperback. "Winner of the 2013 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry"--Cover. Series: Pitt Poetry Series. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
The Dottery is a tale of dotters before they are born. In this series of prose poems you meet their would-be-mutters, the buoys they will know, their inner warden, and the mutterers who cannot have them. The Dottery itself is a sort-of pre-purgatory, a finishing school for the fetal feminine. The five sections correspond to the conceptual set-ups interrogated within. In “wound,” The Dottery is described, as are its inhabitants and their difficulties. In “Dual,” a gender binary is introduced and (hopefully) eviscerated. “Triage” establishes the issues that plague both the dotters and those who would bring them out ... Read more
The Dottery is a tale of dotters before they are born. In this series of prose poems you meet their would-be-mutters, the buoys they will know, their inner warden, and the mutterers who cannot have them. The Dottery itself is a sort-of pre-purgatory, a finishing school for the fetal feminine. The five sections correspond to the conceptual set-ups interrogated within. In “wound,” The Dottery is described, as are its inhabitants and their difficulties. In “Dual,” a gender binary is introduced and (hopefully) eviscerated. “Triage” establishes the issues that plague both the dotters and those who would bring them out ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pitt Poetry Series
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822963196
SKU
V9780822963196
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Kirsten Kaschock
Kirsten Kaschock is the author of two previous books of poetry: Unfathoms and A Beautiful Name for a Girl. She is also the author of a novel, Sleight, and the chapbook WindowBoxing. Kaschock teaches at Drexel University and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylv
Reviews for The Dottery (Pitt Poetry Series)