{"product_id":"the-many-names-for-mother-9781606353738","title":"The Many Names for Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, Berru Award in Mem-o-ry of Ruth and Bernie Weinflash, National Jewish Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2018 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllen Bass, Judge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A compelling book about origins--of ancestry, memory, and language\"--Ellen Bass\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Many Names for Mother\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of intergenerational motherhood; its poems reach toward the future even as they reflect on the past. This evocative collection hovers around history, trauma, and absence--from ancestral histories of anti-Semitic discrimination in the former Soviet Union to the poet's travels, while pregnant with her son, to death camp sites in Poland. As a descendant of Holocaust survivors, Dasbach ponders how the weight of her Jewish-refugee immigrant experience comes to influence her raising of a first-generation, bilingual, and multiethnic American child.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA series of poems titled \"Other women don't tell you\" becomes a refrain throughout the book, echoing the unspoken or taboo aspects of motherhood, from pregnancy to the postpartum body. \u003cem\u003eThe Many Names for Mother\u003c\/em\u003e emphasizes that there is no single narrative of motherhood, no finite image of her body or its transformation, and no unified name for any of this experience. The collection is a reminder of the mothers we all come from, urging us to remember both our named and unnamed pasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Wick First Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606353738","brand":"Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713738477705,"sku":"9781606353738","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1ec0b0a7-e677-4a39-8ce3-8e80334dbacb.jpg?v=1719620956","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-many-names-for-mother-9781606353738","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}