Title The Beacon book of essays by contemporary American women / edited by Wendy Martin ; with the editorial assistance of Thomas Allen, Kimberly Cortner, Rochelle Johnson, and Jamie Marchant.

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Description	xvi, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310).
Contents	I. Gereations: essays on the family. On going home / Joan Didion -- Brothers and sisters / Alice Walker -- Only daughter / Sandra Cisneros -- Ruth's song (because she could not sing it) / Gloria Steinem -- Mother tongue / Amy Tan -- My father's penis / Nancy K. Miller -- Balancing act / Dani Shapiro -- The deterioration of my marriage / Maya Angelou -- Here: Grace / Nancy Mairs -- Thoughts on becoming a grandmother / Betty Friedan -- II. Inside passages: essays on self-identity. Names / Mary McCarthy -- Hair / Marcia Aldrich -- A friendship forged on concrete / Kathy Dobie -- An American in New York / Leanne Howe -- Dreams of a black Christmas / Gwendolyn Brooks -- A knowing so deep / Toni Morrison -- La güera / Cherríe Moraga -- Split at the root : an essay on Jewish identity / Adrienne Rich -- Writing from the darkness / Bell Hooks -- Monday, May 3rd, 1982 / May Sarton -- III. Breaking the silence: women confront oppression and violence. Speak for yourself / Susan Faludi -- On being the object of property / Patricia J. Williams -- A beaut of a shiner / Jane Slaughter -- Give and take / Linda Katherine Cutting -- Death of Popeye / Shana Penn -- A rape / Anonymous -- Amazing rage / Barbara Mor -- IV. Women's bodies, women's choices. On having a baby / Margaret Mead -- Trying (and trying and trying) to get pregnant / Carolyn Coman -- Sperm in a jar / Anne Taylor Fleming -- I just came out pregnant / Felicita Garcia -- A moral choice / Mary Gordon -- Consequences / Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- Standard operating procedure / Jane Shapiro -- V. What the lover knows: essays on nature. Sight into insight / Annie Dillard -- Walking ; Waking up the rake / Linda Hogan -- The bowl ; A woman's dance / Terry Tempest Williams -- A very warm mountain / Ursula K. Le Guin.
Form	Also issued online.
Summary	Two generations ago, most essayists were men, but in recent decades, women writers have claimed the personal essay, using its freedom to explore contemporary life in all its diversity. Wendy Martin has gathered a wide range of writing, from classics by Maya Angelou and Joan Didion to new voices of younger writers, many appearing here for the first time in book form.
Subject	American essays -- Women authors.
	Women -- United States.
	American essays -- Women authors. (OCoLC)fst00807045
	Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Essay (DE-588)4015553-5
	Frauenliteratur (DE-588)4113622-6
	Anthologie.
	United States.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1970-1995.
Indexed Term	American essays Women authors
	Women United States
Genre/Form	Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
	Essays.
Added Author	Martin, Wendy, 1940-
Added Title	Essays by contemporary American women
Other Form:	Online version: Beacon book of essays by contemporary American women. Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©1996 (OCoLC)605544160
ISBN	0807063460
	9780807063460
	0807063479
	9780807063477

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