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An international anthology of women's writings from antiquity to the present.
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A goundbreaking anthology of essays, memoirs, psychological revelations, polemics, short fiction, and poetry on the nature of prejudice and genocide, with commentary and criticism by American Book Award winner Daniela Gioseffi--whose goal is to inspire empathetic intercultural tolerance and understanding.
"Ratner's premier literary anthology widens the family circle to embrace childless women and recognize their invaluable contributions to our collective soul."--Booklist
Lifetime activist and American Book Award-winning author, founder/editor of Eco-Poetry.org, Daniela Gioseffi offers humanity -- children of Mother Gaia, fellow citizens of home planet Earth -- a wake-up call in the face of climate crisis emergency "because you still have some hours left."
This anthology, hailed as a significant contribution to American ethnic studies, features the short stories, poems, and plays of more than thirty Italian American artists. Drawing on their individual and collective backgrounds and experience, these writers convey another vision of American fife. A section of critical essays by established scholars in the field, with topics ranging from specific works and authors to broad literary movements and film studies, analyzes the Italian American phenomenon and the role of ethnicity in literature. The extensive bibliography treats creative works, critical essays, and films dealing with the Italian American experience and promises to be an invaluable research tool.
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The rich, multitudinous voices in this anthology variously call for-having embarked on-the hard work of sobriety, sanity. Nathaniel Mackey
Allen Ginsberg was one of the most politically engaged writers of his era, with a widespread social and cultural impact that was rare for a poet of his or any generation. In this volume, Eliot Katz takes a readable, scholarly look at Ginsberg's most influential poems and explores the varied and inventive ways that Ginsberg turned his political ideas and perceptions into powerful poetry. While there have been some important, previous biographies and other books looking at Ginsberg's life and work, this is the first full-length volume focusing primarily on how Ginsberg's writing works as political poetry and on Ginsberg's extraordinary influence on political culture over the ensuing decades. A...