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Sleeping With One Eye Open: Women Writers and the Art of Survival - Softcover

 
9780820321530: Sleeping With One Eye Open: Women Writers and the Art of Survival
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0820321532 ISBN 13: 9780820321530
Verlag: University of Georgia Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

How do women writers cope with changes and juggle the demands in their already full lives to make time for their lives as artists? In this anthology, noted female novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, and nonfiction writers address the old and new challenges of "doing it all" that face women writers as the twenty-first century approaches. With eloquence, sensitivity, and more than a touch of wry humor, Sleeping with One Eye Open relates positive stories from women who lead effective lives as artists, emphasizing how sources of inspiration, discipline, resourcefulness, and determination help them succeed despite the obstacle of "no time."

The title essay, Judith Ortiz Cofer's "The Woman Who Slept with One Eye Open," defines the collection. Cofer relates the ways in which a mythological story from her Puerto Rican culture gave her confidence and courage, encouraging her creative success and emphasizing the rewards of "women's power" and personal strength. Denise Levertov's "The Vital Necessity" urges poets to make time for daydreams--essential, empowering creative food. Tillie Olsen offers a frank discussion of the pressures of work and expectations that too often sap creative energy. Tess Gallagher connects her mother's creative gardening with her own inspiration as a poet and the need for growth in her writing. Marilyn Kallet's interview with Lucille Clifton relates the personal strength that helped Clifton raise six children and publish her first book at the same time. This affirming collection offers a wealth of writing advice, given through honest accounts of perseverance and accomplishment.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marilyn Kallet is a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of eight books, including How to Get Heat without Fire, and coeditor of Worlds in Our Words: Contemporary American Women Writers. Judith Ortiz Cofer is The Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia. She is also the author of The Latin Deli (Georgia) and The Line of the Sun (Georgia).

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Verlag
University of Georgia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0820321532
ISBN 13 
9780820321530
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
221
Herausgeber
Kallet Marilyn, Cofer Judith Ortiz
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