Bower seeks to recover the lived experiences of women who have often appeared only fleetingly in official histories. This poetry pushes towards a more expansive understanding of 'motherhood', inclusive of broader urgent issues about gender and our collective responsibilities for lives, environments and natural worlds.

About the Author
Rachel Bower is an award-winning writer based in Sheffield. She is the author of Moon Milk (Valley Press) and Epistolarity and World Literature (Palgrave Macmillan). Her poetry has been published widely in journals and magazines, including Magma, The London Magazine, Frontier, New Welsh Review and Stand. Her work has been commissioned by a range of organisations including BBC Radio (National Poetry Day), Collections in Verse (Poet in the City/ The British Library), Barnsley Museums and Apples and Snakes North. Rachel edited the Verse Matters anthology with Helen Mort (Valley Press) and is currently editing a parenting anthology with Simon Armitage (Faber & Faber). Her short fiction has also been widely published, and she won The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2019-20 and the W&A Short Story Competition 2020. She is currently teaching Creative Writing at the University of Leeds. https://rachelbower.net/ Twitter: @rachelebower

Reviews

Yorkshire Post: *"visceral, honest and true" *

Yorkshire Times: "Rachel Bower has the capacity to unbutton emotion in one killing phrase".

Book Information
ISBN 9781913211554
Author Rachel Bower
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Fly on the Wall Press
Publisher Fly on the Wall Press
Weight(grams) 130g