161. Kim Dower | What She Wants: A New Poetry Collection | Arts Calling

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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling acclaimed poet Kim Dower! kimdowerpoetry.com (kimdowerpoetry.com)
About our guest:
Kim (Freilich) Dower (City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood from October 2016 - October 2018) has published five highly acclaimed collections of poetry all from Red Hen Press.
Her most recent book, the bestselling, I WORE THIS DRESS TODAY FOR YOU, MOM, an Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist, was called a “fantastic collection” by The Washington Post, “impressively insightful, thought-provoking, and truly memorable” by The Midwest Book Review and Shelf-Awareness said, “These gorgeous gems are energized by the sheer power of her wit and irreverent style.” AIR KISSING ON MARS, Kim’s first collection, was described by the Los Angeles Times as, “sensual and evocative . . . seamlessly combining humor and heartache.” SLICE OF MOON was called “unexpected and sublime,” by “O” magazine, LAST TRAIN TO THE MISSING PLANET “poems that speak about the grey space between tragedy and tenderness, memory and loss, fragility and perseverance,” said Richard Blanco, and SUNBATHING ON TYRONE POWER'S GRAVE won the 2020 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold Medal for Poetry.
Kim’s work has been featured in numerous literary journals including Plume, Ploughshares, Rattle, The James Dickey Review, and Garrison Keillor’s “The Writer’s Almanac,” and her poems are included in several anthologies, notably, Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. She teaches poetry workshops for Antioch University, UCLA Extension Writer’s Program, and the West Hollywood Library. Born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City, and a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Kim is also the proud owner of Kim-from-L.A., long-standing literary publicity company that helps authors around the country get the word out about their wonderful books.
WHAT SHE WANTS, now available from Red Hen Press. Purchase your copy today!
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BOOKSELLER PRAISE FOR ‘WHAT SHE WANTS
“Psychologically astute and playfully resolute at evoking the irrevocable desire for love, attraction, seduction and yes, companionship, What She Wants belongs on every bookshelf: not just for poetry lovers. But the poetry is there, singing its echoing delight through the lines, like desire itself, and enticing, resolving, and picturing the myriad ways we are compelled by desire and all its fruits.” -John Evans, Co-Owner Diesel, a Bookstore
“Desires, both feral and mundane, are slung across these pages in a crescendo of sexual longing and urgent vitality.” -Amanda Youngman, Manager, Barnes & Noble at The Grove
“A fantastic book!” -Suzy Takacs, owner of The Book Cellar Bookstore in Chicago, Illinois
“From whispered secrets to consuming obsessions, these poems unveil the complexities of love, longing, and the urgency that prods us to pursue the objects of one’s desire.” -Luisa Smith, Buying Director, Book Passage Bookstore
“I love this collection!” -Dan Graham, Book Soup Bookstore
“Captures the timeless art of storytelling through verse with raw and unfiltered emotions, lyrical language and vivid imagery. With every turn of the page, readers will find themselves drawn deeper into a world where words hold the power to inspire, delight and transform.”-Julie Slavinsky, Director of Events, Warwick’s
Thanks for this amazing conversation, Kim! All the best!
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