The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath31 reviews Sylvia Plath Anchor, 2000 insightful + Simply some of the best writing ever. Period. + impressive + If you're literate, this is a must own.             Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography13 reviews Zora Neale Hurston Harper Perennial, 1996 Khalia + Pefection, save the inaccuracies + Kicking Up Dust + Good Book             Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Paso por Sus Labios (South End Press Classics Series)2 reviews Cherrie L. Moraga South End Press, 2000 Loving in the Way Years: Lo Que Nunca Paso Por Sus Labios This is a classic text in Chicana Feminist literature and in Gender Studies. In the early 1980's, Moraga was at the forefront of feminist theory by U.S. Women of Color which attempted to put issues of racial and ethnic identity in dialogue with issues of feminism and sexuality. Moraga not only ...             Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol8 reviews Nell Irvin Painter W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 A Nearly Perfect Book + Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol + Short and very readable book , but quite illuminating + An incredible biography + SOJOURNER TRUTH A LIFE A SYMBOL             To the Lighthouse169 reviews Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty (Introduction) Harvest Books, 1989 An insightful, sensitive reading. + Brilliant Experimental Novel + To The LighthouseA beautif + Exquisitely delicious prose invokes tragic beauty             The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton25 reviews Anne Sexton Mariner Books, 1999 this is what art looks like + Amazingly deep, personal, Anne + "Originality is important..." + You Wanna Know About Old School Confessional Poetry?             Remembering The Bone House: An Erotics of Place and Space3 reviews Nancy Mairs Harper & Row, 1989 A must read for every woman + This is a good one... I was first turned on to this book in an undergraduate womens's studies class and I have yet to find another book I feel so passionately about. It's a down to earth, personal memoir of one woman's struggle to find herself. This book portrays the realities of life in the coming of age and the ...             The Helene Cixous Reader2 reviews Helene Cixous Routledge, 1994 A translation that communicates the poetry! + Helene Cixous Reader: a review This reader is a diverse selection of Cixous' work. Beautifully translated, thoughtfully arranged and annotated. The foreword by Derrida is very helpful in understanding the translation and its difficulties. The text maintains Cixous' poetic exploration of prose. From 'Angst' to 'Deluge' to ...             Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo31 reviews Hayden Herrera Harper Perennial, 2002 There is no better Frida Kahlo biography available + Brilliant + Magnificent and sad story of a true warrior... + What a woman! + Biography of Frida Kahlo             Loose Sugar (Wesleyan Poetry)3 reviews Brenda Hillman Wesleyan, 1997 Loose Sugar + Bravo Work By a Master + A Waitress of Fire While this may start out for many as a scholarly work, it ended up for me to be a next-to-the-bedside book, something to touch base with in the day-to-day, which is where Brenda Hillman lives much of the time. How about picking it up randomly to read: (my apologies that I cannot make these poems ...             Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde1 review Alexis De Veaux W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Unafraid to Fight Alexis DeVeaux presents a comprehensive account of self-described feminist, lesbian, and poet warrior, Audre Lorde. The author pulls together a myriad of published documents, unpublished journal entries by Audre Lorde herself, and a host of interviews with personal friends and family members to ...             The Same River Twice7 reviews Alice Walker Washington Square Press, 1997 Excellent Book in My Opinion + Just telling her side of the story + More Praise for Ms. Walker This book is not for everyone. I found this book extremely intimate and amazing. Why? I enjoy "getting to know" my favorite authors in a way that depicts them as "human just like you and me." Alice Walker let's us into her mind and emotions. She shows us that behind her great literary talent, she ...             Dictee11 reviews Theresa Hak Kyung Cha University of California Press, 2001 Reflection of woman + an amazing work + Great book... This book is confusing, frustrating, consuming and utterly breathtaking. It is a shattered mirror w/ pieces of riddles, poetry, cold photos of mothers and unsung heroines & nonsense; a true reflection of a woman. And like a woman, it takes work to truly understand its essence. Discovering what is ...             Lydia Mendoza's Life in Music / La Historia de Lydia Mendoza: Norteno Tejano Legacies includes audio CD ... Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920s, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920s and continued well into the 1980s, ceasing ...             La frontera / Borderlands14 reviews Gloria Anzalda Aunt Lute Books, 1999 Classic + One of the best books about chicano identity Not much can be said to some of the postings I see here--to those that suggest the third tier prose, those that call this work "racist," those that implore statements like "I hated it." These are the same people that vote for their own oppression, these are the very people that fancy their success ...             Interviews/Entrevistas2 reviews Gloria Anzaldua Routledge, 2000 Another great book from AK Press + a womb with a skew In this memoir-like collection, Anzaldua explores the intersections between her life, her writings, and post-colonial theory. The interviews contain clear explanations of Anzaldua's concept of the 'Borderlands' and 'mestizaje'; her use of the term 'New Tribalism'; and what she calls 'conocimientos' ...             The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life52 reviews Amy Tan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 The Best In Chinese Take-Out + audio version is charming, engaging, magical + Now I Know Amy + My Favorite Amy Tan Book + Amazing, amazed             Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (Negro American Biographies and Autobiographies)5 reviews Ida B. Wells University Of Chicago Press, 1991 An early voice + A TIME FOR TRUTH + Redundant read is not important but the life of Wells is I read 'Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells' as part of a class in ethical and prophetic witness for seminary. This was, frankly, not the kind of book I was likely to read apart from a class assignment. But I am very glad to have been given the opportunity -- sometimes things we ...             Sor Juana's Second Dream: A Novel11 reviews Alicia Gaspar de Alba University of New Mexico Press, 1999 A Note From the Author: Alicia Gaspar de Alba + History becomes herstory + poetic quest + A must read for every lesbian             Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (Lisa Drew Books)19 reviews Valerie Boyd Scribner, 2004 The Best Biography I Have Ever Read + The Genius of Zora + Important look at an important American writer. + Very detailed. + Felt Tip Pen - Zora