My Life, My Body

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In a candid and intimate new collection of essays, poems, memoirs, reviews, rants and railleries, Piercy discusses her own development as a working- class feminist, the highs and lows of TV culture, the ego-dances of a writer's life, the characatures of 'the homeless' and 'the housewife' , Allen Ginsberg and Marilyn Monroe, feminist utopias (and why she doesn't live in one), why fiction isn't physics; and of course, fame, sex and money, not necessarily in that order. Always personal yet always political, Piercy's work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political

Reviews

"Marge Piercy is not just an author, she's a cultural touchstone. Few writers in modern memory have sustained her passion, and skill, for creating stories of consequence."
--Boston Globe

"As always, Piercy writes with high intelligence, love for the world, ethical passion and innate feminism."
--Adrienne Rich

"One of the most important poets of our time."
--Philadelphia Inquirer

"Piercy's writing is as passionate, lucid, insightful, and thoughtfully alive as ever."
--Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Marge Piercy is the author of 17 novels, including the national bestsellers Braided Lives, Gone to Soldiers, and Woman on the Edge of Time; 17 volumes of poetry; and a critically acclaimed memoir, Sleeping with Cats. She has been the recipient of four honorary doctorates and has been a key player in many of the major progressive political battles, including the anti-Vietnam War and the women's movements, and more recently an active participant in the resistance to the war in Iraq. She lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.