{"product_id":"the-dottery-paperback","title":"The Dottery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirsten Kaschock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dottery is a tale of dotters before they are born. In this series of prose poems you meet their would-be-mutters, the buoys they will know, their inner warden, and the mutterers who cannot have them. The Dottery itself is a sort-of pre-purgatory, a finishing school for the fetal feminine. The five sections correspond to the conceptual set-ups interrogated within. In \"wound,\" The Dottery is described, as are its inhabitants and their difficulties. In \"Dual,\" a gender binary is introduced and (hopefully) eviscerated. \"Triage\" establishes the issues that plague both the dotters and those who would bring them out into the world--specifically into the idea of America (I'm Erica and I can prefer a hummer to the rose parade\"). In \"Fear,\" failed dotters (out in the world) are described in obit fashion. Finally, in \"Thief\" one mutterer recounts how she stole her dotter (\"a snatched piece\") to become a mutter and chronicles both her desires and regrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsten Kaschock\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eUnfathoms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Name for a Girl.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eSleight, \u003c\/i\u003e and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eWindowBoxing.\u003c\/i\u003e Kaschock teaches at Drexel University and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9.01 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353470615801,"sku":"9780822963196","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xbg6JmKuj99780822963196.webp?v=1769824924","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-dottery-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}