{"product_id":"milk-9781940696645","title":"Milk","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMilk by Dorothea Lasky - Poetry Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her latest collection, Dorothea Lasky brings her signature style--a deeply felt and uncanny word-music--to all matters of creativity, from poetry and the invention of new language to motherhood and the production of new life. At once a personal document as it is an occult text, \u003cem\u003eMilk\u003c\/em\u003e investigates overused paradigms of what it means to be a creator and encapsulates its horrors and joys--setting fire to the enigma that drives the vital force that enables poems, love, and life to happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Poetry Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilk\u003c\/em\u003e represents Lasky's fifth full-length poetry collection, published by Wave Books in 2018. The work examines the intersections of creativity, motherhood, and the production of new life through Lasky's distinctive poetic voice. This collection addresses the complexities of creation—both artistic and biological—with emotional depth and linguistic innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eMilk\u003c\/em\u003e explore themes of family, life and death, and the feminine experience through contemporary poetic forms. Lasky's approach combines personal narrative with broader meditations on what drives creative work, making this collection relevant for readers interested in feminist poetry and contemporary American verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothea Lasky\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of five full-length collections of poetry: \u003cem\u003eMilk \u003c\/em\u003e(Wave Books, 2018), \u003cem\u003eRome\u003c\/em\u003e (Liveright\/W.W. Norton, 2014), \u003cem\u003eThunderbird \u003c\/em\u003e(Wave Books, 2012), \u003cem\u003eBlack Life \u003c\/em\u003e(Wave Books, 2010), and \u003cem\u003eAWE \u003c\/em\u003e(Wave Books, 2007). She is also the author of several chapbooks, including: \u003cem\u003eSnakes \u003c\/em\u003e(Tungsten Press, 2017), \u003cem\u003eThing \u003c\/em\u003e(Floating Wolf Quarterly, 2012), \u003cem\u003eMatter: A Picturebook\u003c\/em\u003e (Argos Books, 2012), \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Teratorn\u003c\/em\u003e (Yes Yes Books, 2012), \u003cem\u003ePoetry is Not a Project\u003c\/em\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010), \u003cem\u003eTourmaline\u003c\/em\u003e (Transmission Press, 2008), \u003cem\u003eThe Hatmaker's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), \u003cem\u003eArt\u003c\/em\u003e (H_NGM_N Press, 2005), and \u003cem\u003eAlphabets and Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e (Anchorite Press, 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in St. Louis in 1978, her poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Boston Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, MAKE magazine, Phoebe, POETRY, Poets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine, The New Yorker, Tin House, The Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e6x6\u003c\/em\u003e, among other places. She is the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eOpen the Door: How to Excite Young People About Poetry \u003c\/em\u003e(McSweeney's, 2013) and is a 2013 Bagley Wright Lecturer on Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLasky holds a doctorate in creativity and education from the University of Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the MFA program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and has been educated at Harvard University and Washington University. She has taught poetry at New York University, Wesleyan University, and Bennington College. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Columbia University's School of the Arts and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493249159442,"sku":"9781940696645","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be1ecad4-bd59-4f82-ae35-6fee6334e882.jpg?v=1730640362","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/milk-9781940696645","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}