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02863cam a2200361 a 4500 001 D1FA5E562AF111DE9756E306A8D7520A 005 20150520012456 008 950516s1996 mau b 000 0 eng 010 $a 95021117 020 $a 9780807063460 020 $a 0807063460 035 $a (OCoLC)32625909 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d DAY $d JQF $d NIU $d SILO 050 00 $a PS683.W65 $b B43 1996 082 00 $a 814/.540809287 $2 20 245 0 $a The Beacon book of essays by contemporary American women / $c edited by Wendy Martin ; with the editorial assistance of Thomas Allen ... [et. al.]. 246 30 $a Essays by contemporary American women 260 $a Boston, Mass. : $b Beacon Press, $c c1996. 300 $a xvi, 310 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310). 505 0 $a On going home / Joan Didion -- Brothers and sisters / Alice Walker -- Only daughter / Sandra Cisneros -- Ruth's song (because she could not sing it) / Gloria Steinem -- Mother tongue / Amy Tan -- My father's penis / Nancy K. Miller -- Balancing act / Dani Shapiro -- The deterioration of my marriage / Maya Angelou -- Here: Grace / Nancy Mairs -- Thoughts on becoming a grandmother / Betty Friedan -- Names / Mary McCarthy -- Hair / Marcia Aldrich -- A friendship forged on concrete / Kathy Dobie -- An American in New York / Leanne Howe -- Dreams of a black Christmas / Gwendolyn Brooks -- A knowing so deep / Toni Morrison -- La guÌera / CherriÌe Moraga -- Split at the root : an essay on Jewish identity / Adrienne Rich -- Writing from the darkness / bell hooks -- Monday, May 3rd, 1982 / May Sarton -- Speak for yourself / Susan Faludi -- On being the object of property / Patricia J. Williams -- A beaut of a shiner / Jane Slaughter -- Give and take / Linda Katherine Cutting -- Death of Popeye / Shana Penn -- A rape / Anonymous -- Amazing rage / Barbara Mor -- On having a baby / Margaret Mead -- Trying (and trying and trying) to get pregnant / Carolyn Coman -- Sperm in a jar / Anne Taylor Fleming -- I just came out pregnant / Felicita Garcia -- A moral choice / Mary Gordon -- Consequences / Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- Standard operating procedure / Jane Shapiro -- Sight into insight / Annie Dillard -- Walking ; Waking up the rake / Linda Hogan -- The bowl ; A woman's dance / Terry Tempest Williams -- A very warm mountain / Ursula K. Le Guin. 650 0 $a American essays $x Women authors. 650 0 $a Women $z United States. 700 1 $a Martin, Wendy, $d 1940- 939 $a 3048573 941 $a 6 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171221052848.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160813035213.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D1FA5E562AF111DE9756E306A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search