
Hover Over Her
Leah Poole Osowski(Author)
Kent State University Press
Will be published approx. on 31. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-60635-297-7 (ISBN)
Description
"In Leah Osowski's exquisite debut, hover over her, the poet immerses us in geographies of unrealized adolescence, where young women are singular amidst their cacophonous backdrops, whether beside a lake, inside a Dali painting, or stretched out in a flower garden. These spaces are turned inside out for us through Osowski's linguistic curiosity and unforgettable imagistic palate. Negative possibilities hang around every corner as well, showing us the ways in which we are also complicit in the constructions and obstructions of gender. As the speaker in 'she as pronoun' says, 'she's I and she's you every / time you hid beneath your own arms.' But through the evolution and renaissance of Osowski's speaker, we find affirmation in these shared connections, transparency in the landscapes of growth and escape, and the freedom that comes from the task of unflinchingly examining our whereabouts inside of them."
-Adrian Matejka, author of The Big Smoke
-Adrian Matejka, author of The Big Smoke
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kent, OH
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
45 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60635-297-7 (9781606352977)
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Leah Pool Osowski
hover over her
E-Book
08/2016
The Kent State University Press
€17.49
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Leah Poole Osowski
Hover Over Her
E-Book
08/2016
Kent State University Press
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Person
Leah Poole Osowski is from Massachusetts and received an MFA in poetry from University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Hotel Amerika, New Delta Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Salamander, and Third Coast, among others.