A Red Knock-Knocking Like a Heart: Poems - Paperback

by Kate Gaskin (Author)

A Red Knock-Knocking like a Heart chronicles a mother's harrowing journey through infant loss and a disastrous hospital birth, while also exploring the joyful complexities of raising a neurodivergent child. Using image and sound derived from the beauty of the natural world, Kate Gaskin's poems sift through grief while tapping into the sublime state that underlies loss and love.

Author Biography

Kate Gaskin is the author of Forever War, winner of the Pamet River Prize. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Southern Review, and Ploughshares, among others. She directs Adroit Journal's summer mentorship program and is an assistant editor for TRP: The University Press of SHSU.