Confessions of Madame Psyche

Confessions of Madame Psyche

Author: Dorothy Bryant

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

Published: 2018-06-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1936932539

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“Describes a life that explores, in ways that only fine fiction can, the differences between myth and illusion, between real psychic gifts and false ones.”—The Denver Post This American Book Award Winner follows the story of the young Mei-li Murrow who is dubbed “Madame Psyche” after she accidentally predicts the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Although she wins fame and fortune, Mei-li seeks a truer spirituality, and embarks on a pilgrimage that takes her to the death-soaked Europe of the First World War, to a utopian commune in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the 1920s, to the Depression-era migrant work camps and cannery strikes, and finally to the Napa State Hospital, where she finds wisdom and peace among the outcasts of the asylum. Mei-li’s modern-day epic is grounded in the history of Northern California in the first half of the twentieth century and peopled by comrades of many classes and cultures and by lovers both male and female. Yet her central odyssey remains one of inner discovery. In Confessions of Madame Psyche, Dorothy Bryant has created a character who is so honest in her search for truth, growth, and spiritual understanding that this quest becomes inherent to her survival. “Breathtaking and heartbreaking . . . It is in the specifics of time and place that Bryant roots the book’s magic. It is in her characterizations that the magic convinces . . . A beautiful story has, very simply, told itself.”—The Denver Post “Fascinating and beautiful.”—Ursula K. LeGuin “Intricate, appealing [and] profound.”—Women’s Review of Books


Rumors from the Cauldron

Rumors from the Cauldron

Author: Valerie Miner

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-08-19

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1497610605

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An indispensable collection of essays reflecting on the historical and cultural relevance of feminist movements across the globe In these remarkably far-reaching writings, author and journalist Valerie Miner delivers a complex and engaging volume of essential reading. This book touches on topics ranging from suburban housewives to lesbian identity to feminist thought. Miner provides an important perspective on the interrelated concepts of authorship, gender identity, and social criticism. Included are examinations of the works of Grace Paley, Margaret Atwood, and May Sarton, meditations on writing, and reflections on the cultural legacy of feminism. Miner’s insights are both perspicacious and thought provoking. Written with profound passion and knowledge, these tracts are of tremendous value to all readers engaged with the politics of equality.


Ella Price's Journal

Ella Price's Journal

Author: Dorothy Bryant

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781558611757

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A version of "The Women's Room," "Ella Price's Journal" presented a re-entry woman before the term was even invented.


The Milk of Almonds

The Milk of Almonds

Author: Edvige Giunta

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

Published: 2017-03-15

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1936932105

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“A vast, thoroughly wonderful assortment of poetry, memoirs and stories . . . that defines today’s female Italian-American experience” (Publishers Weekly). Often stereotyped as nurturing others through food, Italian-American women have often struggled against this simplistic image to express the realities of their lives. In this unique collection, over 50 Italian-American female writers speak in voices that are loud, boisterous, sweet, savvy, and often subversively funny. Drawing on personal and cultural memories rooted in experiences of food, they dissolve conventional images, replacing them with a sumptuous, communal feast of poetry, stories, and memoir. This collection also delves into unexpected, sometimes shocking terrain as these courageous authors bear witness to aspects of the Italian American experience that normally go unspoken—mental illness, family violence, incest, drug addiction, AIDS, and environmental degradation. As provocative as it is appetizing, “this collection of verse and prose pieces . . . reveals the evocative and provocative power of food as event and as symbol, as well as the diversity of these women’s lives and their ambivalence regarding the role of nurturer” (Library Journal).


Miss Giardino

Miss Giardino

Author: Dorothy Bryant

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781558611740

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A unique psychological portrait of an urban working-class teacher, and the dynamics of teaching itself.


The Test

The Test

Author: Dorothy Bryant

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781558612747

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An enormous and timeless story of frustration and love for an aging parent.


The Dream Book

The Dream Book

Author: Helen Barolini

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2000-12-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780815606628

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Drawing on rare sources and archival material, Helen Barolini has here collected 56 works by Italian American women writers. The volume features: prose, poetry, one play and a large section of fiction.


Queen Calafia's Paradise

Queen Calafia's Paradise

Author: Kenneth Scambray

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0838641172

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In Queen Calafia's Paradise, Ken Scambray explains that California offers Italian American protagonists a unique cultural landscape in which to define what it means to be an American and how Italian American protagonists embark on a voyage to reconcile their Old World heritage with modern American society. In Pasinetti's From the Academy Bridge (1970), Scambray analyzes the influence of Pasinetti's diverse California landscape upon his protagonist. Scambray argues that any reading of Madalena's Confetti for Gino (1959), set in San Diego's Little Italy, must take into account Madalena's homosexuality and his little known homosexual World War II novel, The Invisible Glass (1950). In his chapters covering John Fante's Los Angeles fiction, Scambray explores the Italian American's quest to locate a home in Southern California. Ken Scambray teaches courses in North American Italian literature and Los Angeles fiction at the University of La Verne.


Lost Napa Valley

Lost Napa Valley

Author: Lauren Coodley

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1467147648

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"Napa Valley, once known for its cattle and silver mines, has grown into an international wine destination. On the way, many buildings and institutions have vanished. ... Join author and historian Lauren Coodley as she celebrates those once-beloved landmarks in California's Wine Country."--