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Checked out
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Peter Bedrick Books (1990), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 195 pages
Description
Spanning the centuries from Sappho's Greece to modern South Africa, the voices of these women poets express themes of love, motherhood, injustice, loss, and racial and sexual oppression. The sequence of the poems moves from youth to old age, and they bear witness to the triumphs as well as the pain and frustration of women in many times and in many places. Among the poets whose work is included are Anna Akhmatova, Maya Angelou, Judith Kazantzis, Gabriela Mistral, Marge Piercy, Irina Ratushinskaya, and Alice Walker.
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A gorgeous collection, wide ranging in time and space, some well-known poets and also many I never otherwise knew. It's organised thematically by life stages and is full of wonderful stuff.
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Original publication date
1987
Physical description
195 p.; 5.5 x 0.75 inches
ISBN
087226209X / 9780872262096
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anthologies
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