Chris Wind

Deare Sister (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of letters that might have been written by Mozart's mother (to her daughter), one of Milton's daughters (to the others), Rubens' model (to an aspiring successor), Plato's (female) (disguised) students (to each other), and others-assuming a feminist consciousness. What would they say?

A fictional approach to women's history

"You are clearly a writer of considerable talent, and your special ability to give expression to so many different characters, each in a uniquely appropriate style, makes your work fascinating and attractive ... . The pieces are often funny, sometimes sensitive, always creative. But they contain an enormous load of anger, and that is where I have problems ... . I know at least one feminist who would read your manuscript with delight (unfortunately she is not a publisher), who would roar with laughter in her sharing of your anger ... " rejection letter from a small Canadian press

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Distributed via Smashwords
• Seitenzahl: 66
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781926891071
• Artikelnr.: 37249710

Autorenporträt

Chris Wind (chriswind.net) writes literary prose and poetry. Two of her stories (from Particivision and other stories) were read on CBC Radio One; her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and one ("Luncheon on the Grass") was the motive poem for an exhibit by Brooks Bercovitch and Colton at the Galerie Schorer, Montreal; and her Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest has been performed as a theatrical work in Canada, the U.S., and the UK. She was a panellist at the Canadian National Feminist Poetry Conference (1992) and featured in an article in The Montreal Gazette (1994). Lastly, she's listed in "Who's Who in Hell" (most likely for "Faith", "The Great Jump-Off", and Thus Saith Eve). She has a degree in Literature and has received eight Ontario Arts Council grants.She also writes issue-driven speculative fiction (pegtittle.com) and provocative comedy (jassrichards.com) and, altogether, has published over 30 books.