Shadow Blight by Annick Macaskill (2 results)

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition with a complete numberline. A Near Fine copy with minimal shelfwear in a Near Fine pink paper jacket. 5.5 x 8.5 in., 59 pp. Internally clean with Notes, Acknowledgements, and a Table of Contents in the back. // From the publisher: 'Shadow Blight considers the pain and isolation of pregnancy loss through the lens of classical myth. Drawing on the stories of Niobe-whose monumental suffering at the loss of her children literally turned her to stone-and others, this collection explores the experience of being swept away by grief and silenced by the world. Skirting the tropes ("o how beautiful / the poets make our catastrophes"), MacAskill interweaves the ancient with the contemporary in a way that opens possibilities and offers a new language for those "shut up in stillness.".…