Old enough : Southern women artists and writers on creativity and aging / edited by Jay Lamar and Jennifer Horne ; with Katie Lamar Jackson and Wendy Reed ; photographs by Carolyn Sherer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lamar, Jay, 1956- editor.

Horne, Jennifer, editor.

Jackson, Katie Lamar, editor.

Reed, Wendy, 1966- editor.

Sherer, Carolyn, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability in old age--Southern States.

Creative ability in old age.

Aging--Psychological aspects.

Aging.

Older women--Southern States--Biography.

Older women.

Women authors, American--Southern States--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Women artists--Southern States--Biography.

Women artists.

Southern States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 187 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : NewSouth Books, an imprint of The University of Georgia Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In Old Enough, twenty-one women artists and writers write about the experience of aging. They are not squeamish about the challenges of growing older, including ageism, health concerns, and loss. And they are frank about how received notions of female aging can be restrictive and diminishing. But in lyrical, sometimes wry, often inspiring essays they explore what growing older can offer: self-knowledge, insight, and acceptance. Striking portraits by award-winning photographer Carolyn Sherer, who is also a contributor to the volume, accompany each essay"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Jay Lamar

On the art of dying / Carmen Agra Deedy

The mystery of creativity and the unmasking of beauty / Patricia Ellisor Gaines

What do you want to be when you grow up? / Patti Callahan Henry

Finding the words : writing past the age of fifty / Angela Jackson-Brown

Here's looking at you : fragments from an older Southern Latinx woman / Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés

A movement of time / Sara Garden Armstrong

The generous becoming / Jeanie Thompson

Sheltering in place / Carolyn Sherer

I have seen the promised land and it is me / Jacqueline Allen Trimble

For the birds / Wendy Reed

I want to do my thinking myself / Yvonne Wells and Gail Andrews

Onslaught / Patricia Foster

Creativity and illness / Anne Strand

A question I wrestle with / Janisse Ray

Enough / Mary Gauthier

Wet leaves : a winter's reflection / Lila Quintero Weaver

Moving beyond purpose / Nevin Mercede

Past it / Jennifer Horne

Arrows for our quivers : the power of sources / Katie Lamar Jackson.

ISBN:

9781588385185

1588385183

OCLC:

1416193296