{"product_id":"the-oxford-book-of-womens-writing-9780195132458","title":"The Oxford Book of Women's Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eProvocative and compulsively readable  lively  engaging  and brilliantly representative  The Oxford Book of Womens Writing in the United States presents short stories  poems  essays  plays  speeches  performance pieces  erotica  diaries  correspondence  and even a few recipes from nearly one hundred of our best women writers. Reveling in the awareness that the best U.S. womens writing is  quite simply  some of the best in the world  editors Linda Wagner-Martin and Cathy N. Davidson have chosen selections spanning four centuries and reflecting the rich variety of American womens lives. The collection embraces the perspectives of age and youth  the traditional and the revolutionary  the public and the private. Here is Judith Sargent Murrays 1790 essay \"On the Equality of the Sexes \" journalist Martha Gellhorns \"Last Words on Vietnam  1987 \" and Mary Gordons homage to the ghosts of Ellis Island  \"More Than Just a Shrine\"; powerful short stories by Zora Neale Hurston  Edith Wharton  Cynthia Ozick  and Toni Morrison; letters from Abigail Adams  Sarah Moore Grimkeaccent  Emma Goldman  and Georgia OKeeffe; Alice B. Toklass recipe \"Bass for Picasso \" and erotic offerings from Anais Nin and Rita Mae Brown. The moving autobiography of Zitkala- Saaccent  whose mother was a Sioux  tells us more about \"otherness\" than any sociological treatise  while Janice Mirikitanis and Nellie Wongs poems about being young Asian-American women  like Alice Walkers meditation on the beauty of growing old  speak to all readers. A thought-provoking introduction and descriptive headnotes explore the history of womens writing in ways that help the reader to understand the American women who have used language to change their worlds and to remember the past  and as a means of etching their deepest  fondest dreams. A joy to read  The Oxford Book of Womens Writing in the United States is filled with eye-opening and unexpected selections. It is the perfect book for anyone fascinated by womens writing and womens lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45657629884469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195132459","price":21.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195132458.jpg?v=1782048196","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-book-of-womens-writing-9780195132458","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}