Untying the apron : daughters remember mothers of the 1950s / Lorri Neilsen Glenn, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glenn, Lorri Neilsen.

Series:

Essential anthologies series (Toronto, Ont.) ; 4.

Essential anthologies series ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers--Literary collections.

Mothers.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Guernica Editions, 2013.

Summary:

Mothers of the 1950s were wasp-waisted, dutiful, serene, and tied to the kitchen with apron strings. Or so we thought. This collection of searing and startling poetry and prose unties the stereotype and reveals women who were strong, wild, talented, wise, mad, creative, desperate, angry, courageous, bitter, tenacious, reckless and beautiful, sometimes all at once. The contributors include multi-award-winning poets, novelists, and essayists, as well as compelling new literary voices. Book jacket.

Contents:

Keeping Up 1

Keeping Up / Daphne Marlatt Marlatt, Daphne 3

Last Summer in the Old Craig House / E. Alex Pierce Pierce, E. Alex 8

Slingbacks / Myrna Garanis Garanis, Myrna 9

Combustion / Lorri Neilsen Glenn Glenn, Lorri Neilsen 10

Silver Bangles / Margaret Zielinski Zielinski, Margaret 12

My Mother Does Not Appear / Sheila Norgate Norgate, Sheila 13

Table 17

Table / Diane Schoemperlen Schoemperlen, Diane 19

Kitchen Crew / Cindy Dean-Morrison Dean-Morrison, Cindy 23

Sweet Red Peppers / Liz Zetlin Zetlin, Liz 25

Haifa Pound of Tea / Maureen Hynes Hynes, Maureen 27

Advice from My Mother Concerning Root Vegetables / Marilynn Rudi Rudi, Marilynn 29

Discontinued China Pattern / Myrna Garanis Garanis, Myrna 31

A Taste of Lemon / Rosemary Clewes Clewes, Rosemary 32

Royal Jelly / Marilyn Gear Pilling Pilling, Marilyn Gear 33

What I Didn't Know Then / Liz Zetlin Zetlin, Liz 35

Happy and Lucky / Judy Fong Bates Bates, Judy Fong 38

Play School 43

Play School / Betsy Struthers Struthers, Betsy 45

Assembly Line / Alice Major Major, Alice 49

Familiar Blue Coat / Joanne Page Page, Joanne 51

The Sour Red Cherries / Marilyn Gear Pilling Pilling, Marilyn Gear 53

At the Corner of Sunset and Virginia / Jane Munro Munro, Jane 55

Who's Sorry Now? / Jeanette Lynes Lynes, Jeanette 62

The Gift / Ruth Roach Pierson Pierson, Ruth Roach 63

My Life is Not My Own / Carla Hartsfield Hartsfield, Carla 68

Moving / Elizabeth Greene Greene, Elizabeth 74

The Tory Candidate Comes to Call / Alice Major Major, Alice 75

My Mother Taught Me / Zöe Landale Landale, Zöe 76

Overcoats: hers and hers / Susan Helwig Helwig, Susan 82

Make It Glow / Penn Kemp Kemp, Penn 83

Not Dick and Jane 85

My Mother, My 1950s / Sharon Thesen Thesen, Sharon 87

Let Us Answer to Our Names / Marilynn Rudi Rudi, Marilynn 91

The House with Many Doors / Marjorie Simmins Simmins, Marjorie 93

Perfume / Kate Braid Braid, Kate 99

Geranium / Lorri Neilsen Glenn Glenn, Lorri Neilsen 100

Dusk, If That / Leanne Averbach Averbach, Leanne 102

Survival Part Two: On Being a Mother in a New Land / Marsha Lederman Lederman, Marsha 103

The Dirty Blonde in the Yellow Pajamas / Deb Loughead Loughead, Deb 109

Birth Mother: Phone Call / Susan Helwig Helwig, Susan 115

In My Blood / Shauna Butterwick Butterwick, Shauna 116

Godmother / Sylvia Hamilton Hamilton, Sylvia 118

The Forward Look 123

The Girls in the Snapshot / Janet Barkhouse Barkhouse, Janet 125

The Forward Look / Janice Acton Acton, Janice 126

Something Different / Frances Boyle Boyle, Frances 134

The Alien Com / Pam Thomas Thomas, Pam 136

In Her Hands / Pat Clifford Clifford, Pat 142

Hoop / Jeanette Lynes Lynes, Jeanette 148

Mary (Foley) Doyle / Marjorie Doyle Doyle, Marjorie 149

Reading Shakespeare / E. Alex Pierce Pierce, E. Alex 152

The Same Roof / Denise Chong Chong, Denise 153

The Mad and Beautiful Mothers 157

The Mad and Beautiful Mothers / Patricia Young Young, Patricia 159

Rescuing Mickey / Sarah Murphy Murphy, Sarah 161

Eulogy for Eunice / Mary Jane Copps Copps, Mary Jane 166

Good mother / deborah schnitzer schnitzer, deborah 171

Split / Carol Bruneau Bruneau, Carol 176

Manhattan / Clarissa Green Green, Clarissa 182

Jewish Oil Brat / Davi Walders Walders, Davi 183

Blue Medicine / Maureen Hynes Hynes, Maureen 185

Getting Ready 187

Making Up Mother / Isabel Huggan Huggan, Isabel 189

Solo / Marilyn Gear Pilling Pilling, Marilyn Gear 193

Getting ready / Lynda Monahan Monahan, Lynda 195

Extended Care / Rhona McAdam McAdam, Rhona 196

The Night She Died / Lekkie Hopkins Hopkins, Lekkie 198

Apartment 1422 / Allison Marion Marion, Allison 200

Third Yahrzeit / Davi Walders Walders, Davi 204

My mother's name was nancy / Lynda Monahan Monahan, Lynda 206

Borders / Eve Joseph Joseph, Eve 208

Weeding, Late Summer / Sue Chenette Chenette, Sue 213

Wearing My Mother's Dresses / Cynthia Woodman Kerkham Kerkham, Cynthia Woodman 214

Your Hands / Cynthia French French, Cynthia 216

Devil's Apron / Lorri Neilsen Glenn Glenn, Lorri Neilsen 219

Water to Water / Margaret Zielinski Zielinski, Margaret 225.

ISBN:

9781550717297

1550717294

OCLC:

814661899