Mom in Space

Poems

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Mom in Space is a complicated love letter to both the intergalactic and the terrestrial. Using the lens of spaceflight, Lisa Ampleman explores subjects ranging from the personal to the political, from fertility tests and parenting to climate change and civil rights.As NASA and commercial space companies gear up for Artemis missions to the moon, Mom in Space offers new conceptions of women in space, incorporating both fictional and real female astronauts, among them the first mom in space (Anna Fisher) and the first Black woman in space (Mae Jemison). With a sense of both awe and informed inquiry, Mom in Space considers what spaceflight means not just for those who get rocketed into space but for those who stay home.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-01-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 8 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:126
Förlag:Louisiana State University Press
ISBN:9780807181256

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Lisa Ampleman is the author of the poetry collections Full Cry and Romances. She is the managing editor of the Cincinnati Review and the poetry series editor at Acre Books.

Recensioner i media

In these moving and incisive poems and essays, body and planet are intertwined, mother and astronaut orbit one another, and the everyday and the miraculous are one and the same. Like a skilled pilot, Lisa Ampleman expertly navigates through fertility clinics and lunar lava tubes, through Minecraft and spacecraft, through history and memory and earthrise." - Catherine Pierce"Mom in Space intertwines lyricism and sonic play alongside a deep investigation of the history of space flight and the men and women who've left the earth and come back changed. It's a riveting consideration of the threats to life on our planet and the thrills and consequences of our desire to explore the worlds beyond." - Nancy Reddy