Women Write: A Mosaic Of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Essay

by Susan Cahill (Editor)

A rich array of literary work--including fiction, poetry, letters, essays, and memoir--by notable women writers includes contributions by Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, Sandra Cisneros, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Willa Cather, and many others. Original.

Genres: Short Stories, Poetry, Anthologies

336 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 2004

About the author

SUSAN CAHILL has published several travel books on France, Italy, and Ireland, including Sacred Paris, Hidden Gardens of Paris and The Streets of Paris. She is the editor of the bestselling Women and Fiction series and author of the novel Earth Angels. She spends a few months in Paris every year. MARION RANOUX, a native Parisienne, is an experienced freelance photographer and translator into French of Czech literature.

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really excited to read this book; I think it could have been wonderful. However, I felt like what was included were stories of women who were confused about their role as women and looking for peace and purpose in all the wrong places. I wanted to be inspired but was disappointed instead. I did enjoy some of the memoirs and letters, but as a whole, this book was lacking for me.

[Lindsay]

This is a great option for Mr. Wood's anthology project because it offers not only poetry by women (one of the categories), but also essays (which is another category). Not all of the entries are contemporary, but there are quite a few that are.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Editor Cahill "presents a collection of the most brilliant fiction, memoirs, poetry, letters and essays by women who present uniquely, from a female perspective, works that span centuries, countries and sensibilities". A very good and thought-provoking read.