Breaking into air : birth poems / Emily Wall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wall, Emily, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Childbirth.

Childbirth--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Red Hen Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Poet Emily Wall began collecting birth stories after the birth of her third child, Lucy. She realized that women were always quietly sharing their stories-in living rooms with a mug of tea, or whispered at the preschool playground. She saw the intensity with which women listened to each other's stories. They were shared, remembered, retold, but not collected, not treated as the art form they are. Wall began asking for, and collecting birth stories: women sent her emails, handed her their journals, and recorded their own voices. She collected stories from a lesbian couple, a story from an indigenous father who is fighting for his language, and a story from a grandmother. Some of the stories are about difficult and painful births: a woman who had a miscarriage, a woman unable to get pregnant. And some of the stories are beautiful: a birth in water that happened exactly as the mother dreamed it would. Wall has taken these stories and shaped them into poems, and then into this collection, offering the reader a look into the story that women, for centuries, have been quietly sharing with each other"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Contents

What Does a Fetal Heartbeat Sound Like?

Henry's Birth

Samantha's Births

Mary as Midwife, Nazareth

Do Not Look at a Lunar Eclipse

Focal Point

All You Have to Do Is Open

Hazel's Birth

This Birth Instead

Shaawatke'e's Birth

Mary's Belly, Savta's House

Saki's Birth

Heart Lottery

On Call

Ryan's Birth

Catching Babies: Haiku

Teagan's Birth

Mary's Homebirth, Bethlehem

Our First Sleep

Waiting for Sophia

Shawnya Hope's Birth

Evangeline's Birth

In the Birthing Tub, Afterwards

About the Project

Notes

Biographical Note

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781597099530

1597099538

OCLC:

1328138268