The daughters of discordia : poems / by Suzanne Owens ; foreword by Denise Duhampel.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Owens, Suzanne.

Series:

• New poets of America series ; vol. 21.
• The A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series ; vol. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Women--Poetry.
• Women.

Genre:

• Poetry.

Physical Description:

86 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Boa Editions, Ltd., 2000.

Summary:

In this fascinating and disturbing first book, Suzanne Owens gives poetic voice to some of the most infamous, wayward and criminal women in history. Named for the goddess Discordia ("The Instigator") whom Zeus expelled from heaven, the collection includes monologues from such famous "daughters" as Ma Barker and Charlotte Corday as well as the stories of lesser-known but no less notorious women.

Contents:

• 1 The Instigator
• The Banishment: Myth
• Discordia, goddess of error, banished by Zeus 17
• 2 The Act
• Difficult: 1638
• Dorothy Talbye, strangler, hanged 21
• Sheep and Fodder: 1697
• Felon, released from prison 23
• The Miserable Sinner: 1787
• Alice Clifton, slave, infanticide, hanged 25
• My Father Sold Me to Pay His Debts: 1731
• Murderer, burned 27
• The Sea Witch of Billingsgate: To Her Betrayer: 18th-century legend
• Goody Hallett, sorceress, sank Black Sam Bellamy's ship 29
• God Is a Cowboy Who Rides a Lame Horse: 1865
• Mary Harris, murderer, incarcerated 31
• Homestead Claim No. 2003: 1889
• Ella Watson, brothel owner and cattle rustler, lynched 33
• The KGB Sex School for Spies: Men Called "Ravens," Women "Swallows": 1971
• Miriam Morales, Treason, murdered 35
• Nine Stones: 1987
• Marybeth Tinning, serial infanticide, imprisoned 38
• 3 The Cell
• The Disappearing Woman: 1855
• Karana, indecent behavior, desecrating religious property, locked up 49
• By the Train Station at Astapovo: 1919
• Countess Tolstoy, alleged adultery, exiled from her husband's deathbed 52
• The Watch Book: 1863
• Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard, religious heretic, sent to insane asylum by her husband without trial 54
• Suffrage, 1917: Imprisoned for Obstructing Traffic: Suffragette, imprisoned 57
• After Twenty-one Years: 1883
• Vera Figner, political terrorist, imprisoned for life 61
• Kim's Story: 1989
• Kim Hyon Hui, terrorist, sentenced to death 63
• 4 The Innocent/The Guilty
• The Arsenic Eater: 1840
• Hannah Kinney, poisoner, acquitted 69
• My Heart Beats in Wild Rapture for You: Come Prepared to Stay Forever: 1866
• Belle Gunness, serial killer, escaped 71
• The Snow-White Dove: "Helpless, Hapless, and Forlorn": 1850
• Ann Simpson, poisoner, acquitted 73
• When I Was an Eggshell: 1991
• Pamala Pressman Sainsbury, murderer, acquitted 75
• The Almighty Fireball: 1992
• Kiranjit Ahluwalia, murderer, imprisoned 78
• Ma Barker and Her Gang: Herman, Arthur, Freddy, Karpas (Creepy) & Loyd (Doc): 1872-1935
• Ma Barker (Arizona Donnie Clark) murderer, kidnapper, bank robber, shot in a raid 80
• Colophon 88.

ISBN:

1880238896 :

OCLC:

44802495