Sleeping With One Eye Open: Women Writers and the Art of Survival - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820321524 ISBN 13: 9780820321523

Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1999

Synopsis

How do women writers cope with changes and juggle the demands in their already full lives to make time for their lives as artists? In this anthology, noted female novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, and nonfiction writers address the old and new challenges of "doing it all" that face women writers as the twenty-first century approaches. With eloquence, sensitivity, and more than a touch of wry humor, Sleeping with One Eye Open relates positive stories from women who lead effective lives as artists, emphasizing how sources of inspiration, discipline, resourcefulness, and determination help them succeed despite the obstacle of "no time."

The title essay, Judith Ortiz Cofer's "The Woman Who Slept with One Eye Open," defines the collection. Cofer relates the ways in which a mythological story from her Puerto Rican culture gave her confidence and courage, encouraging her creative success and emphasizing the rewards of "women's

About this title

About the Author:

Judith Ortiz Cofer (Editor)
JUDITH ORTIZ COFER (1952–2016) was the Regents’ and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing Emerita at the University of Georgia. She is also the author of The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women, An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer; and many other books. The University of Georgia Press published her first novel, The Line of the Sun, in 1989.

Marilyn Kallet (Editor)
MARILYN KALLETT has published sixteen books, including six volumes of poetry, translations, critical essays, children’s books, pedagogy, and anthologies of women’s literature. She is a professor emerita of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

From Library Journal:

This is a collection of essays dealing with the challenges faced by writers, particularly women writers. While essayists and fiction writers are included, poets are emphasized. Most of the pieces were specifically written for this compilation, though some are revised or updated versions of earlier work. The editors, poets themselves, have divided the pieces into four sections. The first deals with sources of inspiration, the second with the lack of writing time, the third with handling obstacles that may interfere with writing (be they physical or emotional), and the last with family situations and their influence on output. On the whole, the essays are well written, though several in the first section ramble and could have used stronger editing. The sectional divisions seem a bit forced, as each piece stands on its own, without categorization. Best read piecemeal, all the essays will be inspiring to both active and would-be artists. Recommended for creative writing and women's studies programs.AGina Kaiser, Univ. of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0820321524
• ISBN 13: 9780820321523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 221
• Editor: Kallet Marilyn, Ortiz Cofer Judith