The Invented Mother

The Invented Mother explores cultural notions and daily realities of our most elemental relationships, as well as gender, sexuality, nature and creation. It's poems are full of wonder: What is a mother? What is natural and what is constructed? How do words define us? Here, acts of care, creativity and violence are subjects that begin with awe of the natural world. Written in a variety of forms, animals, food, color and light animate verse that evokes the mysteries of love on a changing planet.

About the author

Thea Goodman is a novelist, poet and educator in Chicago. Her first novel, The Sunshine When She's Gone (Henry Holt) appeared in 2013 to critical acclaim. Her short fiction, essays and poems have appeared in New England Review, Arrowsmith, Columbia, among others. The Invented Mother was a finalist in The New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition 2022.

Product details

• Authors: Thea Goodman
• Publisher: Finishing Line Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2023
• EAN: 9781599241623
• ISBN: 978-1-59924-162-3
• No. of pages: 38
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 193 g
• Series: New Women's Voices Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama