Bibliograph

Word, on being a [woman] writer, edited by Jocelyn Burrell ; foreword by Suheir Hammad

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Label

Word, on being a [woman] writer, edited by Jocelyn Burrell ; foreword by Suheir Hammad

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Word

Oclc number

54001260

Responsibility statement

edited by Jocelyn Burrell ; foreword by Suheir Hammad

Sub title

on being a [woman] writer

Summary

A collection of personal and political essays reflects on what it means to be a woman writer and explores the pleasures and dangers of writing as a woman, encompassing such topics as defiance of traditions, exile, and re-creation of identities and communities

Table Of Contents

Foreword: From margin to center / Suheir Hammad -- I: Difficult passages/dangerous acts. The structured silences of women : culture, censorship, and voice in a globalised market / Ritu Menon -- Women who write too much / bell hooks -- Lyric in a time of violence / Meena Alexander -- Baghdad : these cities dying in our arms / Alia Mamdouh -- On the line and The black pen / Eva Johnson -- II: Blood and ink. Writing near the bone / Yvonne Vera -- Word warrior / Jennifer DiMarco -- The world of poetry / Taslima Nasrin -- Finding the groove / Joy Harjo -- Only daughter / Sandra Cisneros -- Why write? / Amy Ling -- The girl behind the smile / Judith Clark -- III: On writing herself. The semiotics of sex / Jeanette Winterson -- Writing in the language of the other / Assia Djebar -- Beyond survival : a politics/poetics of Puerto Rican consciousness / Liza Fiol-Matta -- Writing with the body / Luisa Valenzuela -- On writing poetry / Margaret Atwood -- Stealing apples / Barbara Kingsolver -- The woman who slept with one eye open / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- IV: In tribute. The difficult miracle of Black poetry in America or something like a sonnet for Phillis Wheatley / June Jordan -- The interval / Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem -- Women like us / Edwidge Danticat -- Letter to a young woman poet / Eavan Boland

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