One-breasted woman
Subtitle: poems
By: by Susan Deborah King
Publisher: Holy Cow! Press; Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Duluth, Minn; Jackson, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780977945825
Subjects: Breast -- Cancer -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Description: In 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. In 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.