Mother

Dorothea Lasky’s stunning new collection of poems presents an unfurling, terrifying, and fiercely loving embodiment of motherhood as a force of creation. Inspired by Bernadette Mayer’s The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters, Lasky writes from the inner realm of a third pregnancy and guides us through a suspended timeline taut with anticipation. Mother 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.Author: Lasky, Dorothea,author Contributors: Lasky, Dorothea,author Binding: paperback Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Published/Release Date: 29 Oct 2026 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Wave Books Author/Director/Artist: Dorothea Lasky Dimension (cm): 229x146x51 mm Package Dimension (cm): 19x230x146 mm Item Weight (g): 136 Package Weight (g): 137