List Books » Present Tense--Writing and Art by Young Women: Edited by the CALYX Young Women's Editorial Collective
Authors: Micki Reaman, Calyx Young Women's Editorial Collective (Editor), Et Al Reaman
ISBN-13: 9780934971546, ISBN-10: 0934971544
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: CALYX Books
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
A fascinating glimpse into the future of women's writing and art.
This intriguing anthology showcases the original art and unpublished literature of women linked by their youth. According to the nine editors, its authors are "the prophets of the new millennium." Including prose, poetry, art and book reviews, the wide range of genres here is matched by the diversity of these prophets, whom Mira Chieko Shimabukuro, one of the editors, calls these "Generations X-ers, apathetic slackers, baggy/tight jeans, clunky heels, pierced navels, eyebrows, tongue and cheek. Daughters of the women's civil rights and liberation movements, all out there trying to make sense of what's come before us, what we'll bring, what will follow.'' All of which makes for a wide-ranging representation of ethnic identity, economic background, educational experience and sexual orientation. Nonie Proffit's poem about fighting fires in the wilderness is followed by Ann E. Green's story of her family farm; and the two are sandwiched between Deborah L. Blicher's story about the bombing of an abortion clinic and a piece about a journey in the family car written by Emily Regan Wills, an eighth grader. While each selection has its own voice, some more distinct than others, the black-and-white artwork often gets lost in the chorus. Radiating the enthusiasm and conviction of its authors and editors, this rich sampling of talent is an unabashed celebration of subjectivity. (Feb.)
Editors' Foreword | 8 | |
Excisions of the Flesh | 14 | |
Eastern Frontier | 36 | |
The Floating Sari | 50 | |
The Front Lines | 68 | |
Selling Out: Reflections of a Farm Daughter | 90 | |
The Trip from HECK: Day Two, Wednesday, 8/16 | 100 | |
Avocado Security | 107 | |
Mulberry Tree | 116 | |
Afterward | 123 | |
not my teenage dream | 132 | |
The Wings | 145 | |
Conceiving of Me | 24 | |
Comiendoselo a los muertos (Eating Your Dead) | 26 | |
A Father's Child | 28 | |
learning Philippine history | 29 | |
Aliens | 32 | |
Small Stones | 60 | |
growth | 62 | |
For My Sister at 17 | 64 | |
400 south 5th street | 79 | |
onions | 83 | |
Melissa Is My Name | 84 | |
Nightshift | 86 | |
On the Bridge | 98 | |
The Sun Goes Down in the Suburbs | 99 | |
TV Child | 112 | |
Stopped at the Tracks | 114 | |
one minute filled | 122 | |
Wade's Hoggers | 136 | |
Victoria Told Me Her Secret | 138 | |
My Breasts: Two Views | 140 | |
excerpt from the law school mailbox sex poems | 141 | |
Trinity | 156 | |
Nostalgia | 34 | |
A Landscape for My Mom | 35 | |
Untitled | 48 | |
Untitled | 49 | |
Salome | 58 | |
Kelly | 59 | |
Krakow, 1994 | 66 | |
Anniversary | 67 | |
Rhythm Unbroken | 88 | |
Gallon of Milk | 89 | |
Untitled (sunflower) | 105 | |
Untitled (frog) | 106 | |
Dream of a Queerbit Fiend | 111 | |
From Mother to Son | 121 | |
Untitled | 130 | |
Untitled | 131 | |
Untitled, October 1993 | 142 | |
Nightgown | 143 | |
I Wear Your Ring | 144 | |
Untitled | 155 | |
Girl Soldier by Denise Duhamel | 157 | |
Her Wild American Self by M. Evelina Galang | 158 | |
Seeing Dell by Carol Guess | 160 | |
Hispanic, Female and Young: An Anthology edited by Phyllis Tashlik | 162 | |
Resources | 163 | |
Contributor Notes | 168 | |
Editor Notes | 172 |