Women and Aging: An Anthology by Women - Softcover

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9780934971003: Women and Aging: An Anthology by Women

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934971005 ISBN 13: 9780934971003

Publisher: Calyx Books, 1986

Nonfiction. " Have I said what eighty has to live for? There is so much. The mystery that awaits us is near. Tomorrow is never there. Now is the most marvelous thing in the world. The future is delicious conjecture"-Louise Mattlage.

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Review:

Mi Estomago (my Belly) by Marjorie Agosin
Alice At One Hundred And Two by Elizabeth Alexander
Randall, Margaret by Elizabeth Alexander
Caught In The Act by Libby A. Durbin
Woman In Dialysis Enroute To The Clinic by Libby A. Durbin
Sisters by Sue Saniel Elkind
For We Are Many by Ethel Nestell Fortner
In November by Ethel Nestell Fortner
The Season Of Bitter Root And Snake Venom by Pesha Gertler
Calling Out The Names by Carol Gordon
His Pillow by Betty Donley Harris
How I'll Live Then by Sibyl James
Poem For Samantha And Me by Sibyl James
Felled Shadows by Terri L. Jewell
Sistah Flo by Terri L. Jewell
Country Hospital by Arlene Swift Jones
Rheumatoid Arthritis by Arlene Swift Jones
Vintage by Arlene Swift Jones
At The Party by Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
The Light by Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
Waiting To Sort Things Out by Reva Leeman
Rites Of Ancient Ripening by Meridel Lesueur
Don't Laugh, It's Serious, She Says by Ellie Mamber
October by Louise Monfredo
Is Every Kitchen Sink Under A Window by Sharon Mooney
Middle Womon by Sharon Mooney
Right On by Barbara Morehead
The Idea Of Making Love by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Iii by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Nuliajuk, A Sequence by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Something To Look Forward To by Marge Piercy
Though Not Occasioned by Kathian Poulton
The Silence Now by Eleanor May Sarton
February Letter by Judith Mickel Sornberger
My Student Says She Is Not Beautiful by Judith Mickel Sornberger
Libretto For The Republic Of Liberia: La by Melvin Beaunearus Tolson
Falling, Gloria Looks Up by Gail Tremblay
My Grandmother's Hands by Elizabeth Weber
The Power In My Mother's Arms by Florence Weinberger
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

Women andAging is a collection of works by "old" women (or "ripening" women, as one of the contributors, Meridel Le Sueur, would phrase it). Sections include photography, essays, fiction, journals, poetry, "profiles," art, and reviews. The emotions depicted and described range from anger to acceptance to surprise (at noticing physical signs of aging), together presenting an eclectic outlook on aging and feminism in today's society. Many selections are geared toward the viewpoint of the older woman living in a youth-oriented and male-dominated world, and it is in these works that the anger of the writers is most prevalent. Some pieces refer to nursing home situations, while others focus on relationships between women: mothers, sisters, grandmothers, friends. Of special interest are the humorous pencil and crayon drawings by Elizabeth Layton in which she depicts herself as Nike, the Statue of Liberty, Phyllis Schlafly, and various others. Bibliography and biographical information on the contributors. Recommended. -- From Independent Publisher

From Library Journal:

"Strong stuff from old women" is a better title for this collection of fiction, poetry, art, photography, journals, and essays. Many contributors write from a feminist perspective, not about the physical or financial problems of aging, but about the social ageism that creates invisibility. (When gerontologists talk about loneliness being inevitable as friends die, they assume the old cannot have friendships with younger people.) The anthology makes old women visible with positive images, close attention, and space to show their world. Especially noteworthy: the interview with feisty Meridel Le Sueur; the pictures of women over 90 done by a photographer over 90; and Elizabeth Layton's witty self-portraits. The bibliography could be used to set up a display or discussion group. Sally Mitchell, English Dept., Temple Univ., Philadelphia
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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