The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters Dictee Made through research into Glasgow

Made through research into Glasgow Women’s Library’s Archive Collections and Lending Library

‘De crux is liefde en wij zijn de scherven daarvan

filled with desiring bodies

Met zijn nieuwe dichtbundel Komijnsplitsers zet Marieke Lucas Rijneveld opnieuw een grote stap in zijn dichterschap

The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters Dictee Made through research into GlasgowBernadette Mayer Endlessly inclusive, The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters, first published in 1994 and long out of print, evokes the complexity of real persons as it simultaneously reinvents multiple genres: epistle, prose poem, and memoir. Written between 1979 and 1980 while pregnant with her third child, Mayer extends her imaginative letters into meditations for us all on life as it is lived in real time, with its responsibilities and