A01=Judy Grahn
Author_Judy Grahn
battered women
birth
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contemporary poetry collection
criticism
domestic abuse survivors
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feminist
goddesses
high drama
history
honor
imagery
labor
menstruation
modern interpretations
mythology
myths
poems
social critique
song
verse
whimsical exploration
whimsical poems
white supremacy
woman poet
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Product details
- ISBN 9780989036139
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Red Hen Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Through these seven narrative poems, Grahn weaves real-life conditions with goddess mythology to construct modern interpretations of lamentation in nine parts. Song and poem lamentations have a widespread history from all over the globe and carry a wealth of forms and a few requirements—they must read well out loud, they must address current pressing issues, and they must make every attempt to be truthful. Here Grahn’s steadfast and rhythmic verse directs our eyes to crucial yet often buried tribulations of our times by critiquing white supremacy, honoring battered women, exalting the powers of menstruation, conflating all labor with birth imagery, and revealing lateral hostilities among potential allies—all in order to arouse a meaningful social critique.
Judy Grahn is a poet, writer, and social theorist. She currently serves as Research Faculty for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California. She is former director of Women’s Spirituality MA and Creative Inquiry MFA programs at New College of California. Her books include love belongs to those who do the feeling (Red Hen Press, 2008), Blood, Bread, and Roses (Beacon Press, 1994), and Edward the Dyke and Other Poems (The Women’s Press Collective, 1971), among others.
