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Balancing Act: A Book of Poems by Ten Maine Women
Balancing Act is an anthology of poetry by Maine women.
Compiled from material sent to the Portland Women's Group by writers from all over the state, Balancing Act presents a series of unique perspectives, each one a penetrating insight into a vision of the world as these women experience it.
Compiled from material sent to the Portland Women's Group by writers from all over the state, Balancing Act presents a series of unique perspectives, each one a penetrating insight into a vision of the world as these women experience it.
48 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1975
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August 10, 2020
Sealey Challenge 2020 - 4/31
I think I liked the following volume more, but I think this one is just as valuable. Much shorter the second volume, with 1/5th as many contributing poets, this one feels more directed, like it has a more focused purpose. Fewer of the poems evoke that particular Maine-ness than in Balancing Act 2, but they are still authentic and enveloping. I love the opportunity to look back in time that this volume offers, showcasing a slice of these women's lives in the time that they wrote these poems. I would love to hear a discussion from these authors today, about how their lives have grown and changed, or not changed, from the time they were writing these. I hope I can get a copy of this to purchase at some point, just to have these women on my shelf. It feels like history, and it feels like home.
I think I liked the following volume more, but I think this one is just as valuable. Much shorter the second volume, with 1/5th as many contributing poets, this one feels more directed, like it has a more focused purpose. Fewer of the poems evoke that particular Maine-ness than in Balancing Act 2, but they are still authentic and enveloping. I love the opportunity to look back in time that this volume offers, showcasing a slice of these women's lives in the time that they wrote these poems. I would love to hear a discussion from these authors today, about how their lives have grown and changed, or not changed, from the time they were writing these. I hope I can get a copy of this to purchase at some point, just to have these women on my shelf. It feels like history, and it feels like home.
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