The Blue Dress

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In this quiet, clear-eyed collection, Townsend meditates on losschildhood bereavement, depression, divorceto arrive at the realization that it is through loss that we come to possess some of lifes most profound gifts.

"The project of Alison Townsends poetry is to chart a course through the deepest of lossesto attempt some safe passage through a lifetimes erasures. Intimate, warm and observant, this book involves us in the inscription of a life."Mark Doty

Alison Townsend was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and spent her childhood in North Salem, New York. She received a B.A. at Marlboro College in Vermont, an M.A. at Claremont Graduate School in California, and an M.F.A. at Vermont College in Mont-pelier. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.

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"The project of Alison Townsend's poetry is to chart a course through the deepest of losses--to attempt some safe passage through a lifetime's erasures. Intimate, warm and observant, this book involves us in the inscription of a life."

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Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Townsend spent her childhood in rural New York State. She attended college in Vermont, leaving for the West Coast upon graduation. She lived in Southern California for many years, followed by a sojourn in Oregon. She presently lives in Wisconsin, where she is assistant professor of English, Creative Writing and Women's