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The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being There

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer Eli BowenPublish date:10/21/2025Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:Milkweed EditionsISBN-13:9781571311672ISBN-10:157131167XUPC:9781571311672Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Essays, Death, Grief, BereavementSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC3V8PR1SN

The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being There

"The Book of Kin is an expansive experience . . . beautiful, brave, and inventive."--Hanif Abdurraquib

A remarkable debut that explores the imperfect ways we care for one another, and how we seek repair when care fails.

"What's our obligation to each other?" asks Jennifer Eli Bowen in this propulsive exploration of community, solitude, and love. Drawing on her experiences as a mother, daughter, and...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Milkweed EditionsISBN-13:9781571311672ISBN-10:157131167XUPC:9781571311672Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Essays, Death, Grief, BereavementSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC3V8PR1SN

Jennifer Eli Bowen is a writer, arts instructor, and editor. Her work has received a Pushcart Prize, The Arts and Letters Prize, and the Tim McGinnis Award, and her writing has appeared in The Sun magazine, The Iowa Review, Orion, and Kenyon Review. The founder of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, she lives in St. Paul, a block in any direction from sidewalk poetry and snow.


Publisher: Milkweed Editions

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