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BOOKS
- What She Wants: Poems on Obsession,
Desire, Despair, Euphoria
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BOOKSELLERS LOVE "WHAT SHE WANTS!"
"Psychologically
astute and playfully resolute at evoking the irrevocable
desire for love, attraction, seduction and yes,
companionship, What She Wants belongs on every
bookshelf: not just for poetry lovers. But the poetry is
there, singing its echoing delight through the lines,
like desire itself, and enticing, resolving, and
picturing the myriad ways we are compelled by desire and
all its fruits.”
--John Evans, Co-Owner Diesel, a
Bookstore
"Desires, both feral and mundane, are slung across these
pages in a crescendo of sexual longing and urgent vitality."
—Amanda Youngman, Manager, Barnes & Noble at The
Grove
"A fantastic book!”
—Suzy Takacs, owner of The Book Cellar Bookstore in
Chicago, Illinois
"From whispered secrets to consuming obsessions, these poems
unveil the complexities of love, longing, and the urgency
that prods us to pursue the objects of one's desire."
—Luisa Smith, Buying Director, Book Passage
Bookstore
"I love this collection!”
—Dan Graham, Book Soup Bookstore
"Captures the timeless art of storytelling through verse
with raw and unfiltered emotions, lyrical language and
vivid imagery. With every turn of the page, readers will
find themselves drawn deeper into a world where words
hold the power to inspire, delight and transform."
--Julie Slavinsky,
Director of Events, Warwick’s
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Obsessive love has never been so much
fun! What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire,
Despair, Euphoria is a powerful tribute to the intensity
of obsessive love, told through the trademark humor and
heartbreak of bestselling poet Kim Dower.
Following the commercial and literary success of her
bestselling poetry collection, I Wore This Dress Today
for You, Mom: Poems on Motherhood, Kim Dower delivers
What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair,
Euphoria—turning her keen eye, vibrant imagination,
trademark insight, and humor to the intensity of
obsessive love. These steamy and provocative poems,
combining humor and heartache, run through the four
phases of Limerence, the state of being infatuated or
obsessed with another person: Infatuation,
Crystallization, Deterioration, and Ecstatic Release.
From the opening poem, “She’ll do anything for food,” to
the sexy title poem, “What She Wants,” the painfully
funny, “His Other Girlfriend,” to the longing in
“Visiting Baudelaire,” and the sad, sweet final poem,
“Fish’s Lament,” Kim Dower captures the essence of what
it means to be stuck on someone—even on a squirrel! Her
eclectic, growing readership will savor these poems that
can be read in one sitting, like a story with an arc, or
separately, each one recalling the moment of falling in
or out of love, the moment our hearts skipped a beat.
Published by Red Hen Press * Distributed by Publishers
Group West *
ISBN: 978-1-63628-263-3
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