The Adventures of Mona Pinsky

The Adventures of Mona Pinsky PDF Author: Harriet Ziskin
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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"Harriet Ziskin's The Adventures of Mona Pinsky is one of the best, most delicate and intriguing novels it has ever A been my privilege to read. Her blend of politics and mysticism is absolutely delicious."a? Judy Grahn " The Adventures of Mona Pinsky is crowded with authentic and singular characters a? living and otherwise. I liked Uncle Gabe and the world of mythic spirits that fit so comfortably into Mona's everyday world. Mona is an especially engaging character who has carved out, with her heroic reluctance and naive flamboyance, a niche in my memory where she will always abide."a?M.K. Wren In this tale of adventure filled with magic and truth, sixty-five-year-old Mona Pinsky uncovers a plot of political manipulation and theft. She faces ridicule, anti-Semitism, and ageism as well as alienation from her daughter, but Mona refuses to be silenced. She uncovers the inner strength to stand by her convictions and to speak out on an enchanting and heroic journey.

The Adventures of Mona Pinsky

The Adventures of Mona Pinsky PDF Author: Harriet Ziskin
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Book Description
"Harriet Ziskin's The Adventures of Mona Pinsky is one of the best, most delicate and intriguing novels it has ever A been my privilege to read. Her blend of politics and mysticism is absolutely delicious."a? Judy Grahn " The Adventures of Mona Pinsky is crowded with authentic and singular characters a? living and otherwise. I liked Uncle Gabe and the world of mythic spirits that fit so comfortably into Mona's everyday world. Mona is an especially engaging character who has carved out, with her heroic reluctance and naive flamboyance, a niche in my memory where she will always abide."a?M.K. Wren In this tale of adventure filled with magic and truth, sixty-five-year-old Mona Pinsky uncovers a plot of political manipulation and theft. She faces ridicule, anti-Semitism, and ageism as well as alienation from her daughter, but Mona refuses to be silenced. She uncovers the inner strength to stand by her convictions and to speak out on an enchanting and heroic journey.

Details of Flesh

Details of Flesh PDF Author: Cortney Davis
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971584
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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"As if taking testimony from herself as nurse, lover, daughter, mother, Cortney Davis gives us Details of Flesh -beautifully wrought, utterly unforgettable poems."-Honor Moore, author of The White Blackbird and Memoir "Cortney Davis is a revelation."-Martin Espada, author of Imagine the Angels of Bread With her unwavering and compassionate nurse's gaze, Cortney Davis renders the details of flesh.

Cracking the Earth

Cracking the Earth PDF Author: Beverly McFarland
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971782
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Book Description
From Barbara Kingsolver to Julia Alvarez, CALYX celebrates 25 years of literary discoveries. A silver anniversary anthology.

Indian Singing

Indian Singing PDF Author: Gail Tremblay
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971652
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Book Description
Tremblay's poetry sings of the myths and rituals of her Native culture, offering hope.

The End of the Class War

The End of the Class War PDF Author: Catherine Brady
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971669
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Book Description
As stark and moving as "Angela's Ashes, " Brady's collection offers a poignantexploration of working-class Irish-American life.

A Line of Cutting Women

A Line of Cutting Women PDF Author: Beverly McFarland
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Fiction and essay anthology. Women's Studies. In this anthology culled from twenty-two years of award-winningCALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature By Women, a long line of writers share their visions of the worlds women create. "What an extraordinary collection of worthwhile writing, brave in many cases, beautiful in almost all. A book to sit down with. I was able to remember my first reading of some of these stories -- many of them first publications -- and relive the excitement!" -- Grace Paley. "Anyone who still doubts the existence of a multicultural 'women's culture' will be forever changed by this book -- and will have enjoyed a fine read in the bargain" -- Robin Morgan. "Thirty-seven stories, drawn from two decades worth of issues ofCALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature By Women, demonstrate both how important a role the journal has played in providing a venue for both unknown and well-established writers, and how sharp its editorial eyes have been. There are superb tales here by such familiar figures as Julia Alvarez (the affecting ``Now World'), Linda Hogan (``Crow'), and Alicia Ostriker (``Esther, or The World Turned Upside Down'), as well as stunning work by less well-known writers, including M. Evelina Galang's Her Wild American Self and Hollis Seamon's Gypsies in the Place of Pain. The volume takes its title from a fierce, sad tale by Rita Marie Nibasa, about the ways in which love and violence often mingle. Because the stories are by women from a number of cultures, and because the tales embrace so many kinds of narrative views (from the grimly documentary to magic realism), the collection provides a useful overview of the large, diverse, often angry and usually vital work being produced by a new, and markedly varied, generation of women writers. First-rate short fiction."-Kirkus

The Country of Women

The Country of Women PDF Author: Sandra Kohler
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971454
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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"In the poems of Sandra Kohler the aubade [or dawn song] tradition is given fresh and surprising shape in poems of rich harmonies where a dark undertow, a sweet languor pulls back towards dream. . . . Her full-bodied, meditative songs of mother-love, sexuality, desire, and discovery unashamedly unfold a life in these memorable 'long cadences of morning'"a?Eleanor Wilner, author of Otherwise "Renders with both wisdom and astonishment [the] conviction that 'Nothing is more exotic than the real.'"a? Publishers Weekly "All of us can learn from this wonderful book."a?Tom Ferte, editor of Calapooya Collage Sandra Kohler's poems find art in the mundane, the sacred, and the profane. Examining woman's experience as sexual being, as mother, and as artist, Kohler reveals what it means to live in a woman's body.

The Woman of Too Many Days

The Woman of Too Many Days PDF Author: Mary I. Cuffe
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971683
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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Poetry. You might think I know/ the woman of too many days.// I don't. At least, I try not to./ She goes on and on,/ but I don't listen.// She happens to be where I am./ She happens everywhere,/ like a bad accident of a woman. THE WOMAN OF TOO MANY DAYS looks at the world askew and approaches wisdom through paradox. She is a realist, a magician, a crone, a seer, a maker of great fictions and a teller of truths. Vulgar, she sprays mango out her nose; elegant, she carries an old music box because 'music is the hardest child to leave behind.' Mary Cuffe's creation is compelling; this book keeps you listening -- David Swanger.

Present Tense

Present Tense PDF Author: Micki Reaman
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971539
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Book Description
"These young women are the prophets of a new millennium."-Rebecca Brown Present Tense is an anthology showcasing the literature of young women. The forty-six contributors (ages 14-33) write, speak, and act their work. Theirs is a literature not merely read or seen, but spoken, shown, performed, sung, and slammed.

Light in the Crevice Never Seen

Light in the Crevice Never Seen PDF Author: Haunani-Kay Trask
Publisher: CALYX Books
ISBN: 9780934971706
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Book Description
The (female) "Malcolm X" of Hawai'I's inconsolable grief and rage at the destruction of her people's land.