Rachel Bower's accomplished debut collection seeks to recover the
lived experiences of women who have often appeared only fleetingly
in official histories. The poems push towards a more expansive
concept of motherhood, including our collective responsibilities
for lives, environments and natural worlds. With heartfelt
lyricism, Bower weaves stories of labour and love. In moments of
fear and determination for survival, this collection is a hymn to
the people and places which shape us. "In Rachel Bower's powerful
new collection, you will find mothers displaced, mothers deceived,
mothers labouring to stay sane and alive. But woven amongst any
vulnerability is a fierce celebration of the mother-body, opened up
to prove the unique and complex stories each one holds. I am
grateful to Bower for finding these women - historical, biblical,
autobiographical - and offering me such inventive, arresting poems,
brim-full with blistering truths." - Rebecca Goss, Poet "Powerful,
compelling and exquisitely crafted, These Mothers of Gods is a
tour-de-force of female-focussed storytelling." - Teika Marija
Smits, Writer and Editor "Rachel Bower's poems show us mothering as
we've never seen it before, through time, history, and mythology.
The collection centres the voice of the other, while conveying
poignant experiences of joy, elation, triumph and hardness. These
image-rich verses are poems of intense curiosity and beauty." -
Jason Allen-Paisant
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