![]() Poetry, Fiction, and Memoirs by Leading Writers from throughout the World |
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Excerpts
It takes so long to learn to be a woman — Ursula K. Le Guin
I am turning into the Chekhov play where the women stand at the window of their provincial
outpost and pine for Moscow — Laurie Stone
I sin so much harder now / knowing what I know — Elisabeth Murawski
. . . it appears to me that the movement toward consciousness is the great challenge of our
lives . . . — Gladys Swan
. . . most of us, women at least, have lain / this way, with the heels of our feet in the metal /
cups — stirrups, not quite accurate, implying / we’re the riders, when we’re not . . .
— Laura McCullough
You were supposed to know the answers by the time you were thirty — Valerie Miner
Isn’t it the definition of a diary to be both that empty vessel seeking fulfillment and that
handheld mirror reflecting a version of what already is? — Alexandra Marshall
I’ve seen fewer wrinkles on raisins — Leigh Anne Jasheway
Either this new jacket is surprisingly warm / or I’m having a heart attack — Dorianne Laux
. . . I’ve been praying since I first got the call telling me my mother needed to be admitted to
hospital. Let me, oh Lord, forget everything but compassion — Lauren B. Davis
I have seen the enemy and she is me. Only she’s not an enemy and I couldn’t have seen her
without my contacts plus the huge magnifying glass I keep by the phone book — Molly Giles
So come on, gorgeous, get yourself over / to the shore with the sleeping gulls / — does the tide
rise or doesn’t it — Alicia Ostriker
Might Appreciation for the Moment be the alchemic formula . . . — Ellen Visson
. . . three-dot ellipses remind us of mortality, by marking the vast spaces to either side of the
several distinct movements that make up our lives — Abby Frucht
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