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I Remain Yours documents the past through the present by
re-directing the epistolary form as a mode of cross-generational
communication, exploring the reality that love and writing remain
long after the end of the individual life span. Cottle collects
actual postmarked love letters from 1900-1903, sent secretly
between her great-grandparents while her great-grandfather returned
to his parents' homeland of Sweden to serve a Mormon mission, and
weaves in her own responsive love letters back to her deceased
great-grandparents, written during a self-imposed 2 1/2-year
mission to understand the gifts and weights of her inherited
creativity. In addressing her lineage, both literally and
figuratively, Cottle realizes there a fine line between the dead
and the living, her past and her future families, as well as within
the links of predetermined loyalty and destiny. "With its
innovative epistolary structure, Katherine Cottle's I Remain Yours
provides a fascinating window into Mormon culture-at a time when
Americans have reason to be more interested in that than usual."
-Madison Smartt Bell, novelist, author of All Souls' Rising &
The Color of Night "An American story." -Clay Goss, playwright,
Author of Homecookin'
This memoir is an exploration of the state of transition. Existing
both with and without a child, Cottle reinforces the challenges of
residing between two worlds of human experience. She compares the
halfway parallels of addiction, recovery, and terminal illness, as
the lives of those around her mirror her own journey through the
entrance to motherhood.
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My Father's Speech (Paperback)
Katherine Cottle; Designed by Elizabeth Watson, Regina Lyons
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Katherine Cottle received her BA from Goucher College and her MFA
from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her work has
appeared in such literary journals as Eclipse, The Greensboro
Review, Karamu, The Mochila Review, The New Delta Review, Poetry
East, and River Oak Review, as well as in several national
anthologies.
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