{"product_id":"creature-in-bloom-paperback-softback-9780299356248","title":"Creature in Bloom (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299356248","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreature in Bloom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRebekah Denison Hewitt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299356248\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Rooted in the physical and emotional stages of early motherhood, these poems candidly navigate pregnancy, loss, and parenting against the backdrop of gun violence and other tragedies.\"- (Publishers Weekly, Spring 2026 Preview) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These multifaceted, fierce, and tender revelations on pregnancy—a ‘baby extracted \/ like a bad tooth,’ a ‘little unicorn soul’—and on mothering in a world marked by loss and gun violence cement Hewitt’s arrival as a captivating, self-aware poet. \u003ci\u003eCreature in Bloom \u003c\/i\u003ewill both gut and heal you when you least expect it.” - Cynthia Marie Hoffman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hewitt gives voice to the mundane and monstrous challenges of being not only a parent but a person in this world—and urges us to keep on. Blessing and reckoning, elegy and prayer, this book is a testament to the everyday courage of mothers—that word for strength born from the heart.\" - Leila Chatti\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt is rare to find a collection so grounded in the manifold meanings of motherhood—in all its anxiety, ambivalence, and joy. From the aches and fears of pregnancy, through the pain and relief of childbirth, to the perplexing questions and worries of parenting, Rebekah Denison Hewitt grapples with what it is to make a human (and to sometimes lose one), “the baby a creature \/ in bloom \/ the mother \/ a lotus eater.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Closing with the counsel “Do not be afraid. \/ Rinse your heart out. Proceed,” these poems give readers many reasons to fear—health issues, genetic deformities, postpartum depression, gun violence, and car accidents. Yet always lurking underneath are light, optimism, and a stubborn willingness to soldier on. Celebrating the stories, myths, and personal histories that shape the experience of modern motherhood, \u003ci\u003eCreature in Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e expands the conversation around what it means to be a mother.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow to Create a Whole Human \u003cbr\u003e Confession to Libby \u003cbr\u003e Karyotype \u003cbr\u003e Elegy for What Almost Was \u003cbr\u003e In One Version \u003cbr\u003e Something in the Water \u003cbr\u003e Would You Rather \u003cbr\u003e In the Presence of So Much Water, Hagar Tries to Remember Thirst \u003cbr\u003e Fourth of July at a Lake in the Midwest \u003cbr\u003e Knowledge at 20 Weeks \u003cbr\u003e Unicorn Soul \u003cbr\u003e The Accident \u003cbr\u003e At 32 Weeks, a Darkening \u003cbr\u003e ៙\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On Discovering the Ob\/Gyn Has Won the Golden Scalpel Award \u003cbr\u003e Francis X. Carmody Comes to Me in a Dream \u003cbr\u003e Epistemology \u003cbr\u003e At 39 Weeks I Write a Poem About Kira Johnson \u003cbr\u003e So Many Things Are Like Giving Birth on Ambien \u003cbr\u003e Once, Libby Told Me She Had Recovered Her First Memory \u003cbr\u003e Breech \u003cbr\u003e Lot’\u003cbr\u003es Wife Speaks of Turning \u003cbr\u003e Salt and Light \u003cbr\u003e Dear Libby, Please Tell Me If I’\u003cbr\u003em Remembering Right \u003cbr\u003e ៙\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e En Caul \u003cbr\u003e Three Ways of Moving Through Time \u003cbr\u003e Eve Speaks from Outside the Belly of the Fish \u003cbr\u003e While Up at 4 am With the Baby, She Remembers Eating Pineapple in Costa Rica \u003cbr\u003e Mother and Child as Art Installation \u003cbr\u003e Salt and Light \u003cbr\u003e Pantoum of Divided Attention \u003cbr\u003e Baba Yaga as Ars Poetica \u003cbr\u003e Mother\/Stepmother \u003cbr\u003e God as Rumpelstiltskin \u003cbr\u003e Early Dark \u003cbr\u003e The Meadow \u003cbr\u003e Smoke \u003cbr\u003e ៙\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Good Guy, Bad Guy, Monster \u003cbr\u003e ៙\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How to Take Your Own Advice \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530916950296,"sku":"9780299356248","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creature-in-bloom-paperback-softback-9780299356248","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}