The Orchard Street Press is very pleased to announce the release of The Mother/Daughter Papers, Poems: 1988-2026 by Gail Rudd Entrekin of Berkeley, CA
Praise for The Mother/ Daughter Papers, Poems: 1988-2026:
“In Mother/Daughter Papers, Entrekin explores the lifetime journey of raising a daughter who has Type 1 Diabetes. With a voice both intimate and universal, the poet reaches beyond biography to create a work that encompasses not only her own story but the myths, prayers and folktales that surround us. In her first poem, she addresses her unborn child, saying “I carry you before me like the planet Earth.” In a later poem she compares an embryo hearing the mother’s heartbeat to ‘whales under the sea, sending their enigmatic songs across the miles.’ Her descriptions have both power and movement, unreeling with such dramatic force that the reader feels as if she is not only reading this moving account but living it.”
--Jeanne Wagner: winner of the 2024 Catamaran Prize for One Needful Song
“Never the same river twice, and life keeps moving on. These are the truths that the poet celebrates, mourns, puzzles over, and explores in language that is so accurately beautiful, and so beautifully accurate, that it leaps off the page. Once again, Gail Rudd Entrekin digs into reality and comes up with glory.”
--Alicia Ostriker: Chancellor, the Academy of American Poets and author of The Holy and Broken Bliss
“At times spare and lyrical and at times rich with sensory detail, Entrekin invites readers into the intimacy of this generous collection, which honors devotion, lives well lived, and the legacy of children and grandchildren. The poet embraces both beauty and truth.”
--Ellen Bass: Chancellor, the Academy of American Poets and author of Indigo
The Mother/Daughter Papers: Poems, 1988-2026 is available for $15 (both online and via the mail) from:
The Orchard Street Press
P.O. Box 280
Gates Mills, OH 44040
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