By herself : women reclaim poetry / edited by Molly McQuade.
| Other author | McQuade, Molly. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2000. |
| Description | 425 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Molly McQuade -- "It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind" / Elizabeth Macklin -- Vesuvius at home : the power of Emily Dickinson / Adrienne Rich -- The difficult miracle of Black poetry in America, or, Something like a sonnet for Phillis Wheatley / June Jordan -- Being a dragon : on Marianne Moore / Cynthia Zarin -- My Plath problem / April Bernard -- "Either I'm nobody, or I'm a nation" / Rita Dove -- Edwin Muir and the primal world / Mary Kinzie -- A meditation on metaphor / Alicia Ostriker -- Some notes on silence / Jorie Graham -- A cadenced privacy / Brenda Hillman -- Use this word in a sentence : experimental / Ann Lauterbach -- Myself a kangaroo among beauties / Lucie Brock-broido -- A genuine article / Heather McHugh -- Confessions of a postmodern poetess / Annie Finch -- Playing the changes / Eleanor Wilner -- La Faustienne / Lyn Hejinian -- Xio's soakbook : criticism takes a bath / S.X. Rosenstock -- Against decoration / Mary Karr -- Poetry, mattering? / Susan Wheeler -- Letter to a young woman poet / Eavan Boland -- A student's memoir of Muriel Rukeyser / Sharon Olds -- Poetry is not a luxury / Audre Lorde -- Meditations on "Mecca" : Gwendolyn Brooks and the responsibilities of the Black poet / Elizabeth Alexander -- 69 hidebound opinions, propositions, and several asides from a manila folder concerning the stuff of poetry / C.D. Wright -- Short survey of scruples / Molly McQuade -- On being unable to read / Valerie Cornell. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 99067240 |
| ISBN | 1555972977 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS305 .B9 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |