Pulling At the Curtain

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pulling at the Curtain</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> investigates the intersection of feminism reproduction and expectation. Mary Jane Philpy-Dollins takes an honest look at intimacies of female embodiment examining the complexities of reproductive decision-making and exploring how to thoughtfully provide healthcare for women within a challenged system. These poems grapple with what it means to be a woman serving women as the speaker faces her own truth about fertility family and marriage. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pulling at the Curtain </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>weaves together the professional and personal life of a richly complex woman whose direct voice becomes a source of power.</span></p><p><br></p>