Risk, Courage, and Women: Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry
by Karen A. Waldron, Laura M. Labatt and Janice H. Brazil
University of North Texas Press, 2007
Cloth: 978-1-57441-233-8 | Paper: 978-1-57441-234-5 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-386-1
Library of Congress Classification PS508.W7R57 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.809287
TOC
Contents "Strong Women," a poem by Pat Mora Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, and Sharing (WINGS) INTRODUCTION 1 Sources of Courage: An Interview with Maya Angelou SUSTENANCE FOR LIVING Naomi Shihab Nye One Moment on Top of the Earth Stain Janice Brazil Grandma Wendy Barker The Face That Karen A. Waldron Down the Dublin Road Demetrice Worley Standing Ground Susan Tweit Walking Home Joan Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu The Garden of Isabel El Jardín de Isabel Ruth Kessler Unlike Cain Angel-Like In the Language of Silence Paula M. Cooey That Every Child Who Wants Might Learn to Dance Maya Angelou Art for the Sake of the Soul FAITH IN THE UNKNOWN Valerie Bridgeman Davis The Soul's Source B rbara Renaud Gonz lez La Diosa AU: THIS POEM IS CALLED "VALENTINE'S DAY" IN THE TEXT. WHICH IS THE CORRECT TITLE? Wendy Barker Ithaca, On the Landing Joan Shalikashvili Risks and Challenges: Facing the Unknown Terri Jones Hints from a Cancer Victor Amy Freeman Lee Hoops of Fire Why Wait? Gail Hosking Gilberg The Tiger Barbara Lovenheim Red Dirt Road Diane Graves Of Birth-Mother and Daughter THE COURAGE OF CHOICE Amy Freeman Lee Firewalk Catherine Kasper Begin Again Demetrice Worley The Dark and Gray of Morning Light Isaura Barrera Sacred Space, Stage Setters, and Miracle Makers Mitsuye Yamada The Club Joan Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu Night is My Friend Doris Sage The Edge: Across Borders, Over the Line, Through Prison Gates Mitsuye Yamada Doshite Human Rights Bonnie Lyons Rahab's Scarlet Cord Gaynell Gavin Choosing Bonnie Lyons Walking Out Valerie Bridgeman Davis Free SEAMS OF OUR LIVES Gail Hosking Gilberg Those are Traveling Words Bert Kruger Smith Jared Found Nanette H. Yavel The Pinochle Game Ruth Kessler False Prophet Janice Brazil Purple Passion Hilda Raz Stock Wendy Barker Facing Masks Amy Freeman Lee Now Where Are You? Barbara Lovenheim Two Aisles Rosemary Catacalos Final Touches Demetrice Worley Judgment of Dissolution - Found Poem Estelle Shanley Belfast: A Woman's Story Naomi Shihab Nye Her Way THE REAL SELF Valerie Bridgeman Davis When I Am Asked Joan Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu Enroute from Japan Two Warriors Kim Barnes The Clearwater Pat Mora Doña Feliciana Janice Brazil Faces Rosemary Catacalos Swallow Wings Valerie Bridgeman Davis My Heart Beats for You A Heart to Run Marathon Nanette H. Yavel Eve Bonnie Lyons Lilith Whispers Judith Mourns Ginger Purdy Dancing on the Edge Demetrice Worley No Position Is a Position Unlearning Not to Speak Nan Cuba Confessions of a Compulsive Overachiever CROSSING BORDERS Rosetta Marantz Cohen Ruth Marantz Cohen: Une Vie Exceptionelle Joan Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu The Telling of It Gail Hosking Gilberg Conversion Connie Curry We Who Believe in Freedom Joan Loveridge-Sanbonmatsu Turbulent Odyssey for Justice Jean Flynn Sharecropper's Daughter Naomi Shihab Nye Stone House Ruth Kessler Elegy for an Angel Maya Angelou On the Pulse of Morning References Contributors
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