Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature

(Paperback, Revised edition)

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Women's Prose and Poetry About the Earth This book introduces us to female perspectives on nature. Over 90 selections, from Emily Dickinson to Alice Walker, span a century and encompass the voices of a variety of women--some known for their writing on nature, and several outstanding new voices

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Not only is [Sisters of the Earth] a pleasure; it is relevant and even urgentpolitically, aesthetically and spiritually. The Womens Review of Books

These voices remind, rejoice, bewail, beratewith love, joy, compassion, energy, nerve and outrageand wed better pay attention. Janet Kauffman, author of Places in the World a Woman Could Walk

The voices of . . . womenwhite, black, Native Americansing out in this luminous anthology, which spans centuries, genres, and literary careers. Taste and sensitivity are evident throughout. Publishers Weekly

Andersons intelligent preface and headnotes add much to this generous, long overdue, and very welcome collection. Outside

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Lorraine Anderson is a freelance editor, writer, and teacher whose work focuses on encouraging a reciprocal relationship with nature. She served as lead editor of the college textbook Literature and the Environment- A Reader on Nature and Culture (1998) and collaborated with Thomas Edwards on the anthology At Home on This Earth- Two Centuries of U.S. Women's Nature Writing (2002). She holds a B.A in English from the University of Utah and an M.S. in creation sprituality from Naropa University, and lives in Davis, California.