Poetry. "There is something about these poems that is so immediate, so unflinching, so focused and visceral in their understatement, that I was, on first reading, astonished. On second reading I was astonished and deeply moved. On third reading I was astonished, deeply moved, and filled with joy!"—Thomas Lux.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Michelle Bitting grew up in Los Angeles. She was educated at U.C. Berkeley and received an M.F.A. in Poetry from Pacific University, Oregon. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Crab Orchard Review, MANY MOUNTAINS MOVING, Narrative, Prairie Schooner, and Rattle. Her work has been reprinted on Poetry Daily. Formerly a dancer and a chef, she devotes a portion of her time to outreach work in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband, the actor Phil Abrams, and their two children, Elijah and Vera Rose.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Poems of Contemporary Womanhood,
By
This review is from: Good Friday Kiss (Paperback)
This is a collection of free-verse poems around themes of contemporary womanhood. With careful observation and unflinching honesty, Bitting brings us poetry through various perspectives: the sister reflecting on her brother's suicide, the mother squirting meds into her autistic son's cran-apple juice, the uniformed schoolgirl in a tryst with her married teacher, the wife offering her body like bread to her husband before his long journey. If you like Dorianne Laux, Mark Doty, or Sharon Olds, Bitting's debut should be on your shelf, or, better yet, in your lap.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
