A Fierce Brightness: Twenty-five Years of Women's PoetryMargarita Donnelly, Beverly McFarland, Micki Reaman Poetry. Twenty-five years' prize-winning poetry selected from CALYX JOURNAL, this outstanding collection presents a diversity of poets who illuminate a poetic tradition in women's literature that was submerged during much of the 20th-century. Here women's voices pierce that obscurity with a fierce and dazzling brightness that is expansive, fertile, joyous, and powerful. Included among the more than 50 poets are: Julia Alvarez, Anna Akhamatova, Olga Broumas, Chitra Divakaruni, Marilyn Hacker, Barbara Kingsolver, Sharon Olds, Molly Peacock, Eleanor Wilner, Wislawa Szymorska, and Elizabeth Woody. "From here will come our literary heritage"-John Berry, Editor-in chief, Library Journal. "When the lacquer bucket breaks, / water is everywhere./ But water already is everywhere, / & sa< this much I understand/ or hope"-Jane Hirshfield, from "The Stream of It." |
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Contents
Frances Payne Adler | 2 |
Deborah Bacharach | 15 |
Ellen Bass | 24 |
Marilyn Chin | 37 |
Alice Derry | 50 |
Diane Glancy | 61 |
Carol Gordon | 68 |
Marilyn Hacker | 75 |
Virginia McGuire | 119 |
Pat Mora | 126 |
Robin Morgan | 130 |
Molly Peacock | 136 |
Andrea Potos | 143 |
Jennifer Richter | 150 |
Mira Chieko Shimabukuro | 156 |
Susan Spady | 165 |
Leigh Hancock | 81 |
Donna Henderson | 88 |
LuAnn Keener | 98 |
Sandra Kohler | 104 |
Judith McCombs | 112 |
Alfonsina Storni | 167 |
Emily Warn | 180 |
Eleanor Wilner | 193 |
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| Title | A Fierce Brightness: Twenty-five Years of Women's Poetry |
| Editors | Margarita Donnelly, Beverly McFarland, Micki Reaman |
| Contributors | Hilda Raz, Carole Oles |
| Publisher | CALYX Books, 2002 |
| ISBN | 093497182X, 9780934971829 |
| Length | 217 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / Women Authors Poetry / American / General Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors) |
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