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Women Bones by Lauren M. Davis

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979-8-88838-089-5

2023

 

Women Bones is a poetry collection exploring women’s issues and adornments in the twenty-first century. Poems primarily focus on the disorder anorexia nervosa, deconstructing the idolization of thinness. Works also discuss the effects of secrets, women left behind, and women seeking peace. Stories of admiration for beauty, strength, perseverance, and recovery are also told. The collection is written in free-verse with influences of both ancient folklores and contemporary abstracts, and often uses the natural world to find answers and connections.

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Lauren M. Davis holds a Masters of Fine Art in poetry from the University of Southern Maine. She worked for many years as an adjunct professor in Indiana and teaches community writing workshops.

 

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“In Woman Bones, Davis writes with the self-perception only possible from one on an extended spiritual journey; a journey which, despite its suffering, is finally informed by hope and love. With an eye for emotional nuance, natural detail, and the intimate experiences of the body, Davis depicts the suffering of anorexia, her moments as a writer and daughter, her hours of loss and joy. Come closer to these poems. Let them breathe on you, through you.”

–Troy Myers, Sacramento City College, host of The Stone House Readers’ Series

 

 

 

 

 

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