Increase Contributor(s): Purpura, Lia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820348406 ISBN-13: 9780820348407 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creati |
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.17" W x 7.8" (0.39 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Increase is Lia Purpura's chronicle of her pregnancy, the birth of her son, Joseph, and the first year of his life. She recounts her journey with the heightened awareness of a mother-to-be and through the eyes of a poet, from the moment she confirms her pregnancy as "A blue X slowly crosses itself, first one arm, then the other in the small white window of the test," through "the X of his crossed feet in sleep" as her child's world begins. Purpura's sensibility transcends the facts of personal experience to enfold the dramatically changing shape of a larger, complex world. These closely knit essays portray the rhythms of a new mother's life as it is challenged and transformed in nearly every aspect, from the emotions of wildness, loss, need, and desire to the outward progress--and interruption--of her work and activities. Increase offers us motherhood at an extraordinary pitch, recording, absorbing, and revisiting experiences from a multitude of angles. Purpura presents her story of discovery with unequaled eloquence, grace, and power. |
Contributor Bio(s): Purpura, Lia: - LIA PURPURA is the author of seven collections of essays, poems, and translations. Her essay collection On Looking was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other honors include Guggenheim, NEA, and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart Prizes, and inclusion in the Best American Essays anthology series. Purpura is a writer in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and also teaches in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA Program. |