{"product_id":"one-breasted-woman-9780977945825","title":"One-Breasted Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book is powerful for its original treatment of this difficult subject. Reading it is not a merely artistic experience--but also a healing and consoling one; the book would make an excellent gift for a friend with breast cancer, whether or not she is a poet.--Women Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her third collection of poems, Susan Deborah King bears witness to a soul's transformation in the wake of a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the crucible of disfigurement and confrontation with mortality, a transpersonal figure emerges, a One-Breasted Woman, who is possessed of a powerful and passionate vulnerability. She raises up with outrage at the possible systemic causes of her disease. She holds the earth and beloved people close as she contemplates her end. She connects with the suffering of others. These poems are vivid with fear, heightened awareness, anger, tenderness, sorrow, playfulness, and even joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the subject is illness, King's imagery often springs from other sources: the mythic dimension, science, or the natural world. From \"Song Sparrow\" \u003ci\u003eThough his breast \/ has a black mark on it, \/ he throws his head back \/ and with quivering throat sends out his song \/ . . . \"I am here  \/ This is who I am. \/ I am.\"\u003c\/i\u003e The work in this collection is a testament to the possibility that songs of ecstatic, transcendent celebration can rise from the descent into a pit of life-threatening terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Deborah King, \u003c\/b\u003e BA, Scripps College; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; is the author of two other collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eTabernacle: Poems of an Island, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoven.\u003c\/i\u003e Having also worked as a Presbyterian minister and psychotherapist, she now teaches creative writing and leads retreats on creativity and spirituality. For the writing and publishing of \u003ci\u003eOne-Breasted Woman, \u003c\/i\u003e she received a grant from the George Family Foundation. The mother of grown twin daughters, King lives with her husband in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Great Cranberry Island, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Deborah King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780977945825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Deborah King teaches writing at the University of Minnesota, SASE, and the Loft. Formerly a Presbyterian minister and psychotherapist, she leads retreats on creativity and spirituality, She is founding director of the Literary Witnesses Reading Series at Plymouth Congregational Church. Her poems have been published in Prairie Schooner, Minnesota Monthly, Spoon River Quarterly. She has published two poetry books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holy Cow Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40698032029811,"sku":"9.78098E+12","price":18.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f03275b7-f84f-4a16-a36d-f79399174f3c.jpg?v=1675866304","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/one-breasted-woman-9780977945825","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}