Dispatch From Every Second Guess by Megan Gannon - 9781938603761

Dzanc Books

Dispatch From Every Second GuessAuthor(s): Megan Gannon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Dzanc Books, United States\nImprint: Dzanc Books\nISBN-13: 9781938603761, 978-1938603761\nSynopsis\nA verse-memoir spanning the breakdown of a marriage and the resulting wide-open horizon of single motherhood,Dispatch From Every Second Guess explores how we negotiate the present in the light of the past, how our lingering resentments limit our attentions, and how old wounds reopen in new ways.\n\nGannons life is layered with tensions. The tension of being a white adoptive mother to a Black son. The tension of healing from a failed marriage. The tension of supporting a partner through mental health crises. The tension of mothering the partners child in the shadow of a fraught relationship with ones own mother. And the tension of admitting ugly truths in a genre that often demands beauty, especially from women poets.\n\nPerfect for fans of Sharon Olds and Maggie Smith, Gannons second full-length coll.