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Poetry. Women's Studies. In THE MURDEROUS SKY Rosemary Daniell confronts with searing honesty and stunning poetry the pain of her daughter's addiction and her son's schizophrenia. Winner of the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award, this is a book that haunts. As Gordon Walmsley says, "It took courage to write these poems, and it takes courage to read them."
Essays by the author of Fatal Flowers
The disturbing chronicle of Daniell's transition from a passive young girl to a modern woman explores the myths of white male supremacy and the pampered Southern belle.
An inspiring guide featuring the wit, wisdom, and stories of Zona Rosa, the writing-and-sisterhood workshop that has empowered thousands of women For more than twenty years, Rosemary Daniell—Southern belle, successful writer, and tireless champion of female empowerment—has led Zona Rosa, a writing workshop for women founded on the premise that writing can be not only a creative challenge but a tool for healing. Here, she shares the secrets of Zona Rosa: practical advice and home-grown "Exorcises" that help you face and think through writing issues, and life in general. You'll learn how to avoid the "13 (Possible) Boo Boos" that plague everyone's writing. You'll bring yourself to "Write A...
Of your life, you will find yourself in this book.
She also learned lessons in life and further developed her techniques while teaching writing in juvenile detention centers, a school for unwed mothers, the Georgia state mental hospital, and the Wyoming and Georgia state prisons for women.
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"The second volume of the letters and life of James Dickey. This volume chronicles Dickey's career from the publication of Deliverance through his poetic experimentation in The Eye Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead and Mercy and Puella. Includes correspondence with Saul Bellow, Arthur Schlesinger, and Robert Penn Warren"--Provided by publisher.
THESE AMERICANS, a debut collection of short fiction, explores what it means to live between Indian culture and American expectations. An Indian-born immigrant mother gives birth to her daughter in a small Ohio town. A college student avoids the academic expectations of her immigrant parents. A naïve immigrant mother is in denial about her lawyer daughter's lesbianism. This gripping collection of eight short stories and a novella will stay with you long after you turn the last page.