A Line of Cutting Women: The Best Prose from 22 Years of "Calyx Journal" - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0934971625 ISBN 13: 9780934971621

Casa editrice: Calyx Books, 1998

Riassunto

Fiction and essay anthology. Women's Studies. In this anthology culled from twenty-two years of award-winning CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature By Women, a long line of writers share their visions of the worlds women create. "What an extraordinary collection of worthwhile writing, brave in many cases, beautiful in almost all. A book to sit down with. I was able to remember my first reading of some of these stories -- many of them first publications -- and relive the excitement!" -- Grace Paley.

"Anyone who still doubts the existence of a multicultural 'women's culture' will be forever changed by this book -- and will have enjoyed a fine read in the bargain" -- Robin Morgan.

"Thirty-seven stories, drawn from two decades worth of issues of CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature By Women, demonstrate both how important a role the journal has played in providing a venue for both unknown and well-established writers, and how sharp its editorial eyes have been. There are superb tales here by such familiar figures as Julia Alvarez (the affecting Now World'), Linda Hogan (Crow'), and Alicia Ostriker (Esther, or The World Turned Upside Down'), as well as stunning work by less well-known writers, including M. Evelina Galang's Her Wild American Self and Hollis Seamon's Gypsies in the Place of Pain. The volume takes its title from a fierce, sad tale by Rita Marie Nibasa, about the ways in which love and violence often mingle. Because the stories are by women from a number of cultures, and because the tales embrace so many kinds of narrative views (from the grimly documentary to magic realism), the collection provides a useful overview of the large, diverse, often angry and usually vital work being produced by a new, and markedly varied, generation of women writers. First-rate short fiction."-Kirkus

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Book by Mcfarland Beverly

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• Editore: Calyx Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0934971625
• ISBN 13: 9780934971621
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: McFarland Beverly