Lupa and Lamb - Softcover

"Combining erudition with emotion and eroticism, intellect with imagination, Susan Hawthorne weaves women's forgotten history into a magic web of remembering and re-imagining. With her playful juxtapositions of words, names, times, places and species, she shows there is freedom in not forgetting, and that the world could have been--can be--different." --Robyn Arianrhod, author, "Seduced by Logic"

"Reading "Lupa and Lamb" is not like opening Pandora's box. The treasures released: poetry that redeems the voices and torn whispers of millennia of women, give only delight. Playful Curatrix eases us through ancient languages, myths and the intricate details of love and lust. Always we are reminded that poiesis is fabrication, creation and re-making; this is how the past can be found and reworked into divine gifts." --Lyn Hatherly, author, "Acts of Abrasion"

"Inspired by her residency at the Whiting Studio in Rome, Susan Hawthorne's "Lupa and Lamb "explores the mysteries of ancient sites and treasures in Rome and nearby countries, linking the past with the present, and collecting hidden treasures the archaeologists have missed. Poems, plays, and 'lost texts' of women through the ages are presented in words and imagery that offer sensual and intellectual delights. This is 'translation' in its widest sense--a collection to be treasured and reread." --Elaine Lewis, author, "Left Bank Waltz"