Paula Gunn Allen’s last book, AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, was published posthumously by West End Press. The book features Allen’s trademark wit and wordplay in a collection of poems that address politics and patriotism, nature and culture.
This is the true story of what happened when award-winning poet Lisa Gill threatened to hold up an MRI clinic in 2003. Using poetry, prose, and art, this memoir takes a powerful look at both personal and institutionalized violence and explores how a hard-won medical diagnosis left the author searching to understand the history of violence in her life and the consequences for her health.
Rooted in the harsh and dramatic landscape of Alaska, these are poems about women’s lives—in and out of love, abandoned, angry, or making do. Lisa Chavez is a Chicana/Mestiza poet, teacher, and traveler raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is her first collection of poetry.
In these short journalistic pieces, Meridel Le Sueur recorded the struggle of poor women during the Depression in Minnesota. She acted not as a detached observer, but a co-participant in the women’s misery and a fighter for their survival. This small pamphlet sold over 10,000 copies in its first decade of publication in the 1970s.
Internationally acclaimed socialist feminist writer Margaret Randall has centered her energy on bridging worlds and exploring women’s and cultural issues. In this volume, she uses her intimate knowledge of the Grand Canyon to reflect on geography, history, and human experience.
