A SLANT OF LIGHT:
Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley Edited by Laurence Carr and Jan Zlotnik Schmidt
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Available through Codhill Press and through local and online bookstores. $20.00
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A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley celebrates the vibrant prose and poetry of more than a hundred women from New York's Hudson Valley region. Writers from the Eastern border to the Catskills and along the length of the Hudson River evocatively address issues that touch not only women, but every reader who desires insight into the human experience.
A Slant of Light is divided into five sections, each addressing a theme of women's lives. The book begins with Mythos, representations and revisions of myths on women. The second section, Body & Gender, explores visions of the body, gender socialization and the roles of women. The third section, Identity, examines both how women see themselves and how others see women. The fourth section presents women as parents, children, partners and lovers. The last, Woman in the World, shares works that meditate on our collective fate in a global world. |
THE EDITORS:
Laurence Carr (see About) Jan Zlotnik Schmidt is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of English at SUNY New Paltz where she teaches composition, creative writing, American and Women’s Literature, creative nonfiction, memoir, and Holocaust literature courses. Her work has been published in many journals and her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She has had two volumes of poetry published by the Edwin Mellen Press (We Speak in Tongues, 1991; She had this memory, 2000). Recently, a chapbook, The Earth Was Still, was published by Finishing Line Press. Cover Art: Amy Cheng
Book Design: Alicia Fox |
Additional Hudson Valley anthologies from Codhill Press you will enjoy:
Riverine: An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers
“River deep and mountain high, this bountiful book is a joy to read.” --Chronogram
WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology
“The reader is taken on a voyage that explores a wide range of experiences, moods, and images that speaks of life on and near the Hudson River.” – from the Introduction
Riverine: An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers
“River deep and mountain high, this bountiful book is a joy to read.” --Chronogram
WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology
“The reader is taken on a voyage that explores a wide range of experiences, moods, and images that speaks of life on and near the Hudson River.” – from the Introduction