{"product_id":"what-she-wants-poems-on-obsession-desire-despair-euphoria-hardcover","title":"What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Dower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A witty, sultry, and thoughtful new collection.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Ron Charles, Washington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObsessive love has never been so much fun! What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria is a powerful tribute to the intensity of obsessive love, told through the trademark humor and heartbreak of bestselling poet Kim Dower.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the commercial and literary success of her bestselling poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eI Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom: Poems on Motherhood\u003c\/em\u003e, Kim Dower delivers \u003cem\u003eWhat She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria\u003c\/em\u003e--turning her keen eye, vibrant imagination, trademark insight, and humor to the intensity of obsessive love. These steamy and provocative poems, combining humor and heartache, run through the four phases of Limerence, the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person: Infatuation, Crystallization, Deterioration, and Ecstatic Release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the opening poem, \"She'll do anything for food,\" to the sexy title poem, \"What She Wants,\" the painfully funny, \"His Other Girlfriend,\" to the longing in \"Visiting Baudelaire,\" and the sad, sweet final poem, \"Fish's Lament,\" Kim Dower captures the essence of what it means to be stuck on someone--even on a squirrel! Her eclectic, growing readership will savor these poems that can be read in one sitting, like a story with an arc, or separately, each one recalling the moment of falling in or out of love, the moment our hearts skipped a beat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKim Dower\u003c\/strong\u003e, born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is the former City Poet Laureate for West Hollywood, California. She is the author of five highly acclaimed collections of poetry, including the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist, \u003cem\u003eI Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom-\u003c\/em\u003e; the 2020 Gold IPPY Awards winner, \u003cem\u003eSunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAir Kissing on Mars\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSlice of Moon\u003c\/em\u003e. Dower's poems have been featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac and Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry, as well as in many anthologies and journals, including \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJames Dickey Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlume\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBarrow Street\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches poetry workshops for Antioch University, UCLA Extension, and the West Hollywood Library. Kim lives with her family in West Hollywood, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53550720844083,"sku":"9781636282633","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/what-she-wants-poems-on-obsession-desire-despair-euphoria-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}