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She holds the earth and beloved people close as she contemplates her end. She connects with the suffering of others. These poems are vivid with fear, heightened awareness, anger, tenderness, sorrow, playfulness, and even joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the subject is illness, King's imagery often springs from other sources: the mythic dimension, science, or the natural world. From Song Sparrow \u003ci\u003eThough his breast \/ has a black mark on it, \/ he throws his head back \/ and with quivering throat sends out his song \/ . . . I am here  \/ This is who I am. \/ I am.\u003c\/i\u003e The work in this collection is a testament to the possibility that songs of ecstatic, transcendent celebration can rise from the descent into a pit of life-threatening terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Deborah King, \u003c\/b\u003e BA, Scripps College; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; is the author of two other collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eTabernacle: Poems of an Island, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoven.\u003c\/i\u003e Having also worked as a Presbyterian minister and psychotherapist, she now teaches creative writing and leads retreats on creativity and spirituality. For the writing and publishing of \u003ci\u003eOne-Breasted Woman, \u003c\/i\u003e she received a grant from the George Family Foundation. 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