1st trade paperback printing. Collects recent short stories, poetry, and critical essays by women, such as Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, Carolyn Forche, Linda Pastan, Sharon Olds, Nellie Wong, Tillie Olsen and many others. SIGNED by TWO authors at their poems: Sandra Gilbert at "The Love Sequence" and Carol Muske at "Fairy Tale." Notes on contributors. xvi, 381 pp.