{"product_id":"birth-of-a-daughter-samantha-kolber-9781952326363","title":"Birth of a Daughter","description":"New and sensitive ... raw, in-the-moment mothering feelings.\u003cp\u003e-Sarah Cannon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shame of Losing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Daughter, \u003c\/i\u003e Samantha Kolber deftly reveals the private world of pregnancy and birth-the middle of the night and light of day worries about safety, connection, and intimacy, weighing what shifts, writing, \"I am marked. I am one becoming two, becoming one \/ again...my body deceives me.\" Indeed, these poems are brave in their accounting of the pregnant, birthing body, the realities of mothering, and the territory we enter-\"oh, these worlds we are now \/ you and I.\" Dailiness and milestones merge here, bringing us on a journey that is part emotional travelogue, part wonder, part weighing of generations and of our times, and part arrival at the precise awareness that, \"I am witness. I am mother.\" Kolber's voice is an important one, honoring what is often kept hidden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Kerrin McCadden, author of \u003ci\u003eKeep This to Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her startling, beautiful new collection, \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Daughter, \u003c\/i\u003e Samantha Kolber pulls us into the time-out-of-time experience of pregnancy and motherhood. Alert to the expanded \"porous\" boundaries of both body and self, Kolber writes with intimate, visceral authority: \"I am \/ clearly awake.\" Like salt-water pearls, these raw, gorgeous poems glow, capturing the wild internal variations felt just holding a new child or toddler in your arms, exhausted and exhilarated. \"I am me plus and minus the cells expunged to create you, daughter,\" Kolber writes, ever-attuned to the possibility of artistic sublimation to the hunger of her infant daughter. This collection affirms Kolber's territorial claim to the mother-as-artist: \"sucking what light I make \/ into the core of you \/ oh, these worlds we are now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Megan Buchanan, author of \u003ci\u003eClothesline Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Kolber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952326362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952326363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.10d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samantha Kolber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989137522943,"sku":"9781952326363","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cec618d-ce07-45cd-9e3a-401f29f0c331.jpg?v=1683297792","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birth-of-a-daughter-samantha-kolber-9781952326363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}