Womanslaughter
Womanslaughter Pat Parker Diana Press 1978 From Wikipedia: Parker’s elder sister, Shirley Jones, was shot and killed by her husband. Parker wrote the autobiographical poem, Womanslaughter, based on this event. In the poem, Parker notes that Her things were hisincluding her life. The perpetrator was convicted of “womanslaughter”, not murder, because Men cannot kill their…
Movement in Black
Movement in Black Pat Parker Diana Press 1978 Movement In Black is a collection of poetry by Black lesbian feminist Pat Parker. The poems featured in the collection center around Parker’s experiences as a Black woman, lesbian, feminist, mother, writer, poet, and activist. From Wikipedia: The collection was originally published by Diana Press in 1978.…
She Had Some Horses
She Had Some Horses Joy Harjo Thunder’s Mouth Press 1982 First published in 1983 and now considered a classic, Creek Indian Joy Harjo explores womanhood’s most intimate moments in this collection of poetry. Harjo’s prose speaks of women’s despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings,…
A Woman Is Talking To Death
A Woman Is Talking To Death Judy Grahn The Women’s Press Collective 1974 A 1974 long poem by Judy Grahn, the internationally-known lesbian poet, author, and cultural theorist who established the Oakland-based Women’s Press Collective in 1969. The first woman ever I kissed was Josie, who I had loved at such a distance for months.…
The Defiant Muse: Hispanic Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology
The Defiant Muse: Hispanic FeministPoems from the Middle Ages to thePresent: A Bilingual Anthology Flores Angele Feminist Press atCUNY 1986 Each bilingual volume in The Defiant Muse series includes 60 to 80 poems by both well-known and rediscovered poets, selected on the basis of their individual merit and as illustrations of the evolution of feminist thought and…
The Black Unicorn: Poems
The Black Unicorn: Poems Audre Lorde Norton 1978 Filled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde’s most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal and revenge, goddesses and warriors, ancient magic and contemporary America. These are fearless assertions of identity, told with incantatory power. I have been womanfor a long…
I Am Becoming My Mother
I Am Becoming My Mother Lorna Goodison New Beacon Books 1986 I Am Becoming My Mother is a book of poetry by Lorna Goodison: a Jamaican poet and leading West Indian writer. Apart from issues of home and exile, her work also addresses the power of art to explore and reconcile opposites and contradictions in…
Blood Bread & Poetry: Selected Prose 1979 -1985
Blood Bread & Poetry: Selected Prose 1979 -1985 Adrienne Rich WW Norton & Company 1986 Examining the connections between history and the imagination, ethics and action, Adrienne Rich explores the possible meanings of being white, female, lesbian, Jewish, and a United States citizen, both at this particular time and through the lens of the past.…
They Will Know Me By My Teeth: Stories and Poems of Lesbian Struggle, Celebration, And Survival
They Will Know Me By My Teeth Elana Dykewoman Megaera Press 1976 They Will Know Me By My Teeth is Elana Dykewoman’s (also spelled Dykewomon) second published book. It is a remarkable piece of feminist publishing as it draws direct attention to the printing process. Written on the back cover, it is stated that the book…
Hens in the Hay
Hens in the Hay Chris Cherry, Ellen Galford, Joy Pitman, Lorna Mitchell, Stephanie Markman Stramullion 1980 The first ever book published by Stramullion: a Scottish-based feminist publishing collective. From the introduction: “We were scared about publishing these poems. There was a terrible feeling of self-exposure, of lack of confidence. So why did we bother? We…
Ripening: An Almanac of Lesbian Lore and Vision
Ripening: An Almanac of Lesbian Loreand Vision Lee Lanning, Vernette Hart Iowa City Women’s Press 1981 The Almanac of Lesbian Lore and Vision book includes Ripening: An Almanac of Lesbian Lore and Vision (Volume One), Dreaming: An Almanac of Lesbian Lore and Vision (Volume Two), and Awakening: An Almanac of Lesbian Lore & Vision (Volume…
On Lies, Secrets & Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978
On Lies, Secrets & Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978 Adrienne Rich WW Norton & Company 1979 In this collection of prose writings, one of America’s foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work. At issue are the politics of language; the uses of scholarship; and the topics of racism,…
An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991
An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 Adrienne Rich WW Norton & Company 1991 An Atlas of the Difficult World is Adrienne Rich’s thirteenth book of verse, in which she writes of war, oppression, the future, death, mystery, love and the magic of poetry. In her interview with Bill Moyers, Adrienne Rich states that…