Unruly Catholic women writers : creative responses to Catholicism / edited by Jeana DelRosso, Leigh Eicke, and Ana Kothe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DelRosso, Jeana.

Eicke, Leigh Anna.

Kothe, Ana.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Catholic authors.

American literature.

Catholic women--Literary collections.

Catholic women.

American literature--Women authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A literary anthology exploring contemporary Catholic women's experiences"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments and Permissions ""; ""Introduction: Mysteries of the Faithful, Dreams of the Future""; ""Notes ""; ""Part One: The Joyful Mysteries ""; ""the first joyful mystery (poetry) ""; ""Praying Twice (poetry) ""; ""My Soul Sisters�or, How the Nuns of my Childhood Inspired a Feisty Feminist (personal essay)""; ""Jerusalem Road (poetry) ""

""Where I First Met God (personal essay) """"Age of Reason (poetry) ""; ""Uniforms Optional (personal essay) ""; ""Sunday Morning in a Foreign Country (poetry) ""; ""Wool Skirts (personal essay) ""; ""Lord I am not your woman (poetry) ""

""It Takes a Village to Rear a Word Weaver: Memoirs of a Black Catholic Girlhood (personal essay) """"The Smiths ""; ""The Schoolyard Kids� Pressure versus the Storyteller""; ""The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet ""; ""Concluding Word Weaver Wisdom ""; ""Notes ""; ""Facts of the world I (poetry) ""

""girltruth (personal essay) """"Note ""; ""the Easter fear (poetry) ""; ""Part Two: The Sorrowful Mysteries ""; ""Holy Thursday: The Passion (poetry) ""; ""That Easter (personal essay) ""; ""Our Lady of the Library (poetry) ""; ""For the Vatican Dress Code (poetry) ""; ""Nothing Soup (fiction) ""

""Nailing My Backbone to the Cross (poetry) """"True Confessions (poetry) ""; ""Resolution (poetry) ""; ""Excuse me for this, Sister Mary (poetry)""; ""A Meditation on Sexuality for Catholic Clergy (personal essay) ""; ""2. Body Geometry ""; ""3. Do You Love Jesus? ""; ""Moth Song (poetry) ""

""Last of the Tomboy Pings (fiction) ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013).

ISBN:

9781438448299

1438448295

9781461948179

1461948177