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Obsessive love’s fun, funny, heartbreaking journey through desire’s intense phases.

What She Wants

Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria

  • Paperback

    136 pages

  • Release Date

    21 April 2026

Summary

Obsessive love has never been so much fun! What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria is a powerful tribute to the intensity of obsessive love, told through the trademark humor and heartbreak of bestselling poet Kim Dower.

Following the commercial and literary success of her bestselling poetry collection, I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom: Poems on Motherhood, Kim Dower delivers What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781636282626
ISBN-10:1636282628
Author:Kim Dower
Publisher:Red Hen Press
Imprint:Red Hen Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:136
Release Date:21 April 2026
Dimensions:148mm x 210mm
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What She Wants by Kim Dower - ISBN: 9781636282626
148 × 210 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Kim Dower

Kim Dower, born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is the former City Poet Laureate for West Hollywood, California. She is the author of five highly acclaimed collections of poetry, including:

  • I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom (Los Angeles Times bestseller and 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist)
  • Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave (2020 Gold IPPY Awards winner)
  • Air Kissing on Mars
  • Slice of Moon

Dower’s poems have been featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac and Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry, as well as in many anthologies and journals, including Ploughshares, James Dickey Review, Plume, and Barrow Street.

She teaches poetry workshops for Antioch University, UCLA Extension, and the West Hollywood Library. Kim lives with her family in West Hollywood, California.

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