A collection of letters that might have been written by Mozart's mother (to her daughter), one of Milton's daughters (to the others), Rubens' model (to an aspiring successor), Plato's (female) (disguised) students (to each other), and others—assuming a feminist consciousness. What would they say?A fictional approach to women's history.Also part of the Satellites Out of Orbit collection - Thus Saith Eve, Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest, UnMythed, ...

What if one's mandatory tour of duty was environmental rather than militaristic? Suppose all advertising had to tell the truth? Can you imagine sports without competition? ...Social commentary and activism via fiction."As the title indicates, this collection of stories is about getting into the thick of things, taking sides, taking action, and speaking out loud and clear, however unpopular your opinion may be. ... refreshingly out of the ordinary." Joan McGrath,

How is it that the girl with straight As ends up scrubbing floors for minimum wage, living in a room above Vera's Hairstyling, in a god-forsaken town called Powassan? She didn't marry the wrong guy. She didn't have kids. She wasn't an immigrant, uprooted and transplanted. So what happened?Feminist theorist Dale Spender wrote, in Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them, "We need to know how patriarchy works. We need to know how women disappear...." Although Spender sp...

How is it that the girl with straight As ends up scrubbing floors for minimum wage, living in a room above Vera's Hairstyling, in a god-forsaken town called Powassan? She didn't marry the wrong guy. She didn't have kids. She wasn't an immigrant, uprooted and transplanted. So what happened?Feminist theorist Dale Spender wrote, in Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them, "We need to know how patriarchy works. We need to know how women disappear…." Although Spender spoke of wome...

What if one's tour of duty was environmental rather than militaristic? Suppose all advertising had to tell the truth? Can you imagine sports without competition? …Social commentary and activism via fiction."As the title indicates, this collection of stories is about getting into the thick of things, taking sides, taking action, and speaking out loud and clear, however unpopular your opinion may be. … refreshingly out of the ordinary." Joan McGrath, Canadian Book Review Annu...

Each poem in this collection describes a painting or a sculpture: some, a re-vision of a classic; others, an original work not yet realized.Among the artists whose work is re-imagined are Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Dali, Botticelli, Monet, and Rodin."It has been a long time since I've read a poetry book, but when I came across Paintings and Sculptures by Chris Wind, I was hooked. You know that feeling—when you read the first page and you know you're going to like the ...

Each poem in this collection describes a painting or a sculpture: some, a re-vision of a classic; others, an original work not yet realized.Among the artists whose work is re-imagined are Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Dali, Botticelli, Monet, and Rodin."It has been a long time since I've read a poetry book, but when I came across Paintings and Sculptures by Chris Wind, I was hooked. You know that feeling-when you read the first page and you know you're going to ...

Poetry from the poet's late teens in the 1970s to her early thirties in the 1990s—sensitive, passionate, and most of all, illuminating. Socially conscious and often (second-wave) feminist.standing on a cliffin a silent blizzardcrumblingand dreaming of kaleidoscopesall of the pieces always fit*"dreaming of kaleidoscopes is a top pick of poetry and is very much worth considering." Midwest Book Review

intensely honest and unbearably sensitive, dreaming of kaleidoscopes is a non-thematic 'best of' collection of poems spanning about fifteen years, from the poet's late teens in the 1970s to her early thirties in the 1990s. Socially conscious and often (second-wave) feminist."scabs and scars blowing across the snow"*"dreaming of kaleidoscopes is a top pick of poetry and is very much worth considering." Midwest Book Review

A unique collection of feminist prose and poetryin five sections: I. Epistles: epistles written by Eve, Cain's wife, Noah's wife, Delilah, the Queen of Sheba, Mary, and others - as if they were (second-wave) feminist II. Myths: the myths within the myths revealed - what might Pandora, Circe, Penelope, Eurydice, Persephone, the Gorgons, and others have thought and done if they had not been the creations of a chauvinist patriarchy? III. Letters: letters that might have been written by Lady G...

This second edition of Excerpts: miscellaneous prose and poetry includes most of the pieces from the first edition (early works dating from the late 1970s and 1980s), slightly revised, along with several new pieces.__________Praise for chris wind's work:"I find the writing style very appealing … An interesting mix of a memoir and a philosophical work, together with some amazing poetry. … This is what happens ranks in my top five of books ever read." Mesca Elin, Psyc...

Eve should be blamed for choosing the apple? For choosing knowledge over obedience? Knowledge of good and evil? She thinks not. Mary insists she be recognized for who she is--the mother of God. And you can imagine what Noah's wife had to say about his grand idea. Mary Magdalen, Ruth, Delilah, and Judith are among the other Biblical women who also speak out.Also part of the Satellites Out of Orbit collection - Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest,...