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Risk, courage, and women : contemporary voices in prose and poetry / edited by Karen A. Waldron, Laura M. Labatt, Janice H. Brazil.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Waldron, Karen A., 1945-
Labatt, Laura M., 1943-
Brazil, Janice H., 1951-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American literature--Women authors.
American literature.
Women--Literary collections.
Women.
Courage--Literary collections.
Courage.
Risk-taking (Psychology)--Literary collections.
Risk-taking (Psychology).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (383 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Denton : University of North Texas Press, c2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A collection of narratives, essays, and poems that includes an interview with Maya Angelou and pieces by Naomi Shihab Nye, Pat Mora, Rosemary Catacalos, and many others. Each work relates how women have demonstrated courage by taking a risk that has changed their lives.
Contents:
Sustenance for living
Faith in the unknown
The courage of choice
Seams of our lives
The real self
Crossing borders.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
ISBN:
1-281-92331-1
9786611923310
1-57441-386-4
1-4356-8668-3
OCLC:
437229156

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