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The Doll Collection

The Doll Collection is the first book published by Terrapin Books and the first-ever anthology to focus on poems about dolls. This anthology includes 88 poems by 89 poets. We are delighted to have an Introduction written by poet Nicole Cooley. Nicole has authored several poetry collections and has a non-fiction book about dolls in the works, so she was a perfect choice for the Introduction. We are very proud to introduce this collection to the world. 

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Dolls are small icons of memory and magic. They tell us much about ourselves—little vessels of love made of porcelain, wood, or plastic—bringing out all that is humane in us. These 88 poems imaging dolls have a surprising literary impact; because every kind of curiosity and caring is revealed—animating the inanimate.
              —Grace Cavalieri, The Washington Independent Review of Books


Doll culture is much much more than doll as object, as this anthology excels in showing. The doll embodies cultural histories, and are more akin to Joseph Cornell’s memory boxes than anything else. The doll also embodies emotional histories and traumas...With this fascinating collection, Diane Lockward has succeeded in editing an anthology that places the doll centre shelf in the poetic canon.
             --
Deirdre Hines, Sabotage Reviews

There are more themes in this anthology than I can possibly do justice to in a short review—abortion, fathers, doll-makers, paper dolls, doll hospitals, the Dionne quints; and there are forms galore. . . Each selection is a masterpiece, and each—in its way—vivifies for us what Marjorie Tesser in “American Girl” calls the “glut of love.”
               --
Judy Swann, Mom Egg Review
The Doll Collection has also been beautifully reviewed at Reiter's Block.
​Another wonderful review appears at Writer Site.
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Terrapin Books is proud to have the work of photographer Emanuel Mazzoni displayed on the cover of our first book. Mazzoni lives in Italy but travels extensively to do his work as a photographer. This image was taken at the Antique Doll Museum in L'Isle sur la sorgue, Provence. 
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​​Terrapin Books is pleased and proud to include the work of the following poets in The Doll Collection.​
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                              Dori Appel                                
​Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Chana Bloch
Meg Hurtado Bloom
Paula Bohince
Karina Borowicz
Kim Bridgford
Jason Lee Brown
Leah Browning
Lauren Camp
Neil Carpathios
Luanne Castle
Robin Chapman
Kelly Cherry
Christopher Citro
Geraldine Connolly
Nicole Cooley
Gillian Cummings
Laura E. Davis
Susan de Sola
Jessica deKoninck
Lori Desrosiers
Caitlin Doyle
Denise Duhamel
Jane Ebihara
Susan Elbe
Patricia Fargnoli
Roberta Feins
Ann Fisher-Wirth

Kelly Fordon
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Kerri French
Alice Friman
Richard Garcia
Christine Gelineau
Gail Gerwin
Meredith Davies Hadaway
Marj Hahne
Jeffrey Harrison
Donna Hilbert
Akua Lezli Hope
Karla Huston
Julie Kane
Susan Kelly-DeWitt
Adele Kenny
Laurie Kolp
Lori Lamothe
Jessica Wiseman Lawrence
Christina Lovin
Denise Low
Mary Makofske
Charlotte Mandel
Jennifer Matteson
Joan Mazza
Susan Laughter Meyers
Kristine Ong Muslim
Gail Newman
Sarah Rose Nordgren
Jennifer Perrine
Jessica Piazza

Andrea Potos
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​Kyle Potvin
Jendi Reiter
Susan Rich
Susanna Rich
Kim Roberts
Marybeth Rua-Larsen
Hayden Saunier
Maureen Seaton
Enid Shomer
Lauren Goodwin Slaughter
Emma Sovich
Mary Ellen Talley
Elaine Terranova
Susan Terris
Maria Terrone
Marjorie Tesser
J.C. Todd
Carine Topal
Alison Townsend
David Trinidad
Lee Upton
Michael Waters
Ingrid Wendt
Scott Wiggerman
George Witte
Cecilia Woloch
Kristin Camitta Zimet
Theodora Ziolkowski

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    • Poetry Books >
      • NEW--This Strange Garment, by Nicole Callihan
      • NEW—Paradise Is Jagged, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • NEW--The Mayapple Forest, by Kim Ports Parsons
      • NEW--Leave Me a Little Want, by Beverly Burch
      • NEW--Notes from the Column of Memory, by Wendy Drexler
      • NEW--The Night Divers, by Melanie McCabe
      • NEW--light waves, by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
      • NEW--Horse Not Zebra, by Eric Nelson
      • NEW--Design, by Theresa Burns
      • NEW--House Bird, by Robb Fillman
      • Years Beyond the River, by David Axelrod
      • The Poet & The Architect, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
      • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
      • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
      • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
      • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
      • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
      • Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • NEW--The Strategic Poet
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
    • FAQs
  • Titles for Review
  • Poetry Salon
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    • Poetry Books
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