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Cries of the Spirit

by Marilyn Sewell

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Brimming over with the inspirational words and thoughts of some of our finest writers, Cries of the Spirit is a beautiful sourcebook of poetry and prose in praise of life and all that it entails. Here women's voices fill the age-old silence about matters central to their experience-from menstruation, sexual intimacy, and childbirth to caretaking, household rituals, and death. These writings represent a healing vision of the sacred that emerges from the particular consciousness of women-a vision that partakes of the world of earth and flesh.

With contributions by Maya Angelou, Julia Alvarez, Margaret Atwood, Hildegard of Bingen, Lucille Clifton, Annie Dillard, Joy Harjo, Erica Jong, Denise Levertov, Audre Lorde, Kathleen Norris, Marge Piercy, Starhawk, Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, and others.

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MARGARET ATWOOD'S poetry, like her fiction - including The Handmaid's Tale and the Booker-winning The Blind Assassin — is known and acclaimed around the world. Her last collection, Morning in the Burned House, won the Trillium Book Award in 1995. The author of more than forty works of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and books for children, Atwood has received top honors and awards in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and many other countries. She lives in Toronto. In 2008, Atwood was awarded the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Letters, considered to be the Spanish-language Nobel.

Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World; Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Anne Sexton (1928-1974), the author of ten collections of poems, received the Pulitzer Prize in 1967.

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: AmyP23, December 7, 2010 (view all comments by AmyP23)
This book was given to me as a gift nearly ten years ago and I often find myself giving it as a gift to womyn in my life. It is a book filled with powerful and beautiful female voices. I continue to find gems inside this book. It's a constant source of inspiration and comfort. I love the way the sections are divided. When dealing with death and loss, I turn to the section on this subject. When thinking about spirituality and connection to the Divine, I go to that section. A beautiful combination of poetry and prose about all things we experience in life as womyn. It is a diverse collection of voices that form a perfect choir. I highly recommend this book.
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ISBN:: 9780807068496
Editor:: Sewell, Marilyn
Contribution:: Oliver, Mary
Editor:: Sewell, Marilyn
Contribution by:: Oliver, Mary
Contribution by:: Atwood, Margaret
Contribution:: Atwood, Margaret
Contribution:: Oliver, Mary
Author:: Kenyon, Jane
Author:: Jordan, Barbara
Author:: Oliver, Mary
Author:: Brooks, Gwendolyn
Author:: Cisneros, Sandra
Author:: Dove, Rita
Author:: Pollitt, Katha
Author:: Atwood, Margaret
Author:: Walker, Alice
Author:: Giovanni, Nikki
Author:: J
Author:: Levertov, Denise
Author:: Nye, Naomi Shihab
Author:: Sewell, Marilyn
Author:: Kingston, Maxine Hong
Author:: Clifton, Lucille
Author:: ane Kenyon
Author:: Ostriker, Alicia
Author:: Sexton, Anne
Publisher:: Beacon Press (MA)
Location:: Boston
Subject:: General
Subject:: Women
Subject:: American - General
Subject:: American poetry
Subject:: Women Authors
Subject:: Religious life
Subject:: General Poetry
Subject:: Literary Criticism : General
Edition Description:: Trade paper
Publication Date:: April 2000
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 336
Dimensions:: 9.97x7.05x.96 in. 1.33 lbs.

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