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The Blue Dress - (Marie Alexander Poetry) by Alison Townsend (Paperback)

The Blue Dress - (Marie Alexander Poetry) by  Alison Townsend (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A deeply moving collection that revels in the spell of our miraculous lives.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this quiet, clear-eyed collection, Townsend meditates on loss--childhood bereavement, depression, divorce--to arrive at the realization that it is through loss that we come to possess some of life's most profound gifts.</p><p>The project of Alison Townsend's poetry is to chart a course through the deepest of losses--to attempt some safe passage through a lifetime's erasures. Intimate, warm and observant, this book involves us in the inscription of a life.--Mark Doty</p><p><b>Alison Townsend</b> was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and spent her childhood in North Salem, New York. She received a B.A. at Marlboro College in Vermont, an M.A. at Claremont Graduate School in California, and an M.F.A. at Vermont College in Mont-pelier. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The project of Alison Townsend's poetry is to chart a course through the deepest of losses--to attempt some safe passage through a lifetime's erasures. Intimate, warm and observant, this book involves us in the inscription of a life."<br>

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