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"A collection of poetry by Noelle Kocot"--
List of contents
Contents
Labyrinthitis
18
Flowers
The Physical World
Divination
The Animals
George Bailey
I pray to be strong
Before a Shower
Drunk
At the Home
Instructions for the Wind
Song of Covid-19
Migraine
Crystal Gayle
A Fish
Delran
Poem for My Goddaughter Hannah
Ascetic, and the endless
Gravely Listening
Salvation
Ascent of the Mothers
Say It
When will I stop punishing
Letter to Eli
What is it that I am
Far wind chimes a tree
Out of Hiding
The trees humming
There is Darkness Over the Land
Disasters
About the author
Noelle Kocot (they/them) is the author of many collections of poetry, including
God's Green Earth (Wave Books, 2020),
Phantom Pains of Madness (Wave Books, May 2016),
Soul in Space (Wave Books, 2013),
The Bigger World (Wave Books, 2011), and a book of translations of some of the poems of Tristan Corbière,
Poet by Default (Wave Books, 2011). Their previous works include the discography
Damon's Room, (Wave Books Pamphlet Series, 2010),
Sunny Wednesday (Wave Books, 2009) and
Poem for the End of Time and Other Poems (Wave Books, 2006). They are also the author of
4 and The Raving Fortune (both from Four Way Books). Their poems have been anthologized in Best American Poetry in 2001, 2012, and 2013. They are the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of American Poets, The Fund for Poetry, the American Poetry Review, and a residency fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. Kocot has taught at the University of Texas New Writers' Project and currently teaches in the Creative Writing Department at the New School. They live in New Jersey and are the Poet Laureate of Pemberton Borough.
Summary
Noelle Kocot’s ninth collection, Ascent of the Mothers, is a sagacious testament to the ways in which poetry can shape personhood.
“I am nothing” they write, “Or else I have made myself / Too big for words.” The scope of this book is marked by Kocot’s psychic journey punctuated by a near-fatal car crash, which elicited a new understanding of their spirituality and gender nonconforming identity. Generous, self-aware, and resilient, Ascent of the Mothers is a treasure to behold and be shared.
Foreword
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- Outreach to independent booksellers.
- Outreach to poetry and related literary organizations.
- Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author events.
- Display at conferences and bookfairs
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