The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters

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The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in LettersBernadette Mayer Endlessly inclusive, The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters, first published in 1994 and long out of print, evokes the complexity of real persons as it simultaneously reinvents multiple genres: epistle, prose poem, and memoir. Written between 1979 and 1980 while pregnant with her third child, Mayer extends her imaginative letters into meditations for us all on life as it is lived in real time, with its responsibilities and

Rooted in the classical tradition of the Chinese “reversible” poem

radical book-length poem that simultaneously coils and uncoils throughout its etymological journey

and edgy humor

A pathbreaking volume of poems

Wilkinson’s poems are radiant

and Christian Wolff

“drinking up all the world’s rot / then spilling it all out in diamantine rays

and includes poems that have become increasingly hard to find and many published here for the first time

van moederband tot kinderwens

Na een psychotische crisis belandt Micha Hamel in 2009 in de psychiatrische kliniek

enigmatic and vulgar in equal measure

and borders are closed: “Heaven or / internet—it’s / hard to be / good