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Poetry & Prose
OBLIVESCENCE: A BOOK OF POETRY ON ALZHEIMER’S AND
DEMENTIA, MADE BY THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN Contributed by Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum
Although feminism is not necessarily a central tenet of Red Sweater Press, it gives this female publisher great joy to announce that our ninth publication is a book of poems and artwork created by a woman and her daughter, about the author’s relationship with her own mother.
MID-FEB 2024
Oblivescence is Wisconsin poet Kelly R. Samuels’ second full-length collection of poetry, which details many aspects of her role as caregiver for her mother, who struggled with dementia due to Alzheimer’s—a condition that approximately 6.5 million Americans are battling. This book
of memory and loss is rich in imagery as well as metaphor, and threaded with allusions to Greek mythology, clinical psychology, and gardening. Readers of all kinds, but especially caregivers, mothers, daughters, and medical staff, are sure to be moved by this written exploration of what it means to remember. Joan Kwon Glass, author of Night Swim, says: “Oblivescence is a frank, striking record of the human experience when we consider what is lost—yes—but also what can be found.” A Best of Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, Kelly R. Samuels is the author of the full-length collection All the Time in the World and four chapbooks: Talking to Alice; To Marie Antoinette, from; Words Some of Us Rarely Use; and Zeena / Zenobia Speaks. Learn more at krsamuels.com. Please join us for a virtual launch of Kelly’s newest book on Thursday, February 22, at 4 p.m. AKST. The event will be held live on YouTube, so you don’t need to log in or have an account unless you want to type comments in the live chat. We will be raffling off one signed copy of Oblivescence, one signed copy of All The Time in the World, and one Red Sweater Press mug throughout the event, so be sure to tune in live for your chance to win! For more information, follow Red Sweater Press on Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube, or sign up for our email newsletter at redsweaterpress.com. Read excerpts and order your copy of Oblivescence online at redsweaterpress. com/store.