Marcia Aldrich

This collection of essays by women run the gamut of structural experimentation in form, from traditional personal essay to lists, to abecediary, to epistolary, to mixed fiction-nonfiction, graphic essay, and other form-bending presentations of personal story. Because it is a collection of women writers, the work is necessarily feminist, with violence against women and survival a theme as common as it is in the culture. It is multi-national in scope and in dealing with issues of identity. With famous writers (see list) and emerging writers, it is a stirring, compelling collection that is also instructive on the myriad forms possible under the heading of personal essay.… (mer)