Through a Small Ghost
Poems
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Pages: 120
Trim size: 5.500in x 8.500in
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Pub Date: 02/15/2020
ISBN: 9-780-8203-5657-0
List Price: $20.95
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Published with the generous support of Bruce and Georgia McEver Fund for the Arts and Environment
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Through a Small Ghost
Poems
Poems that explore the difficult terrain of parenting and child loss
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This collection of poems speaks to the grief and trauma associated with stillbirth and infertility. But more than that, these poems are concerned with how both parents deal with this trauma without letting it tear them or their relationship apart. There are threads beneath the surface of the poems that speak to the inequality in these relationships and in the male-female dynamic, whether this inequality is perceived or real. Dingman also questions the perception of reality itself when dealing with the traumatized mind.
Dingman asks the difficult questions that surround child-rearing. Are the children themselves everything the parents had hoped for? Is there still something missing? She explores the invisibility of the mother after she has children, as well as what a woman is willing to sacrifice in terms of body, country, and relationship. Set against changing political climates in Florida, Canada, and Denmark, these poems navigate the geopolitical differences that influence the experience of parenting.
—Nick Ripatrazone, The Millions
—Stephen J. Furlong, EcoTheo Collective
—Travis Denton, author of My Stunt Double and When Pianos Fall from the Sky