Against Vanishing - by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (Paperback)

About the Book

Against Vanishing fearlessly explores pregnancy, motherhood, grief, joy, and love-with radiant honesty, accessible humor, and masterful craft.

Book Synopsis

For almost two decades across seven collections, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz's poetry has moved, inspired, and comforted readers worldwide.

Now, after a seven-year silence, this beloved poet returns with her most powerful work yet. Through the lens of her late mother's wisdom, Against Vanishing fearlessly explores life's pivotal moments--pregnancy, miscarriage, motherhood, grief, joy, and love--with radiant honesty and masterful craft.

Review Quotes

"Within these pages reside a poet's painstaking journey towards loss, childbirth, unmatched expectations, and the forgiveness of a rising sun. Against Vanishing as the founding text is a guard rail, and Aptowicz's literary work is a live wire!" - Mahogany L. Browne, Author of Chrome Valley, Poet-in-Residence, Lincoln Center

About the Author

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz is a New York Times best-selling author and poet whose work has earned fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, the University of Pennsylvania, and Hedgebrook. Her previous collection The Year of No Mistakes was named Poetry Book of the Year by the Writers League of Texas.