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"Beware Kim Dower’s poetry.
Again and again, this crafty writer invites you in for a
casual chat and then wallops you. Her poem “Game Over”
starts with a little comedy about squirting too much mustard
on her hotdog; next thing you know, she’s wrestling with the
existence of God. Her fantastic new collection, “I
Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom,” revolves around
quotidian details of domestic life – washing dishes, doing
laundry – but existential questions are always lurking
beneath the surface. Her most devastating poems are about
caring for a mother slipping into dementia. I read the
collection last month and had to put it aside. Coming back
to it this week, I’m wrung out all over again."
“Featuring gorgeous gems from
Dower's four poetry collections and new pieces energized by
the sheer power of her wit and irreverent style, "I Wore
This Dress Today for You, Mom" will make readers both groan
at and delight in recognition of the everyday absurdities
and magical moments that add up to a lifetime of
irreplaceable memories."
"...Celebrating a colorful mosaic of mothering moments that
range from the spiritual to the practical, this poetry
collection also pays homage to the matriarchs in her life,
including her Russian grandmother, and their different
mothering styles.
"Deftly constructed, inherently interesting, impressively
insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking, and truly
memorable, poet Kim Dower's "I Wore This Dress Today for
You, Mom" is an especially and unreservedly recommended
addition to personal, community, college, and university
library Contemporary American Poetry collections."
“What
we inherit from our mothers, what we carry forward, what we never receive, and
what we choose to leave behind—Kim Dower’s poetry resonates with the echo of a
rich and complex mother-daughter relationship that she gently and carefully
unravels, line by line. This is a stunning collection from a poet whose wisdom
as a daughter and a mother shines through on every page.”
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