Vindication: poems from six women - Softcover

James, Sarah; Brooks, Elinor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909208655 ISBN 13: 9781909208650

Publisher: Arachne Press, 2018

Synopsis

The third of our #WomenVote100 Anthologies: a showcase for poets Arachne has previously published in anthologies, giving an opportunity to explore their writing in greater depth.

These are poems made of myth and family,  origins and anger, journeys and home: witty,
clever, beautiful and sometimes harsh.

Whilst not directly reflecting on the experience of women fighting for the vote, the concerns of women are foremost and are passionately addressed.

  My own sex, I hope, will excuse me,
  if I treat them like rational creatures,
  instead of flattering their fascinating
  graces, as if they were in perpetual
  childhood, unable to stand alone.

From Vindication by Anne Macaulay, a found poem based on the work of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Poems by:  Sarah James, Sarah Lawson, Jill Sharp, Elinor Brooks, Adrienne Silcock, and Anne Macaulay.

Edited by Cherry Potts.

 

About this title

About the Author

Cherry Potts is the author of two collections of short stories: Mosaic of Air, (republished by Arachne Press in 2013, and Tales Told Before Cockcrow (currently out of print); a photographic diary of a community opera The Blackheath Onegin, and a fantasy novel, The Dowry Blade (Arachne Press 2016). Cherry has also had several stories in anthologies (including Arachne Press publications), magazines and online. She is currently working on her next collection, a science fiction novel, and a timeslip-young-adult kinda thing. Cherry is the Director of Arachne Press, for whom she is editor/co-editor of all our anthologies.

Review

" a compelling collection... captivating prosody... sharp irony ... fresh, thought-provoking... clear riveting lines...  The poems collected in the anthology form an absorbing analysis condensing some major issues in the vindication of women’s rights since Mary Wollstonecraft. They are a tribute commemorating women’s past sufferings and perseverance, and they point to present commitment to an ongoing fight. "

Carla Scarano in London Grip:  https://londongrip.co.uk/2019/02/vindication/

 

"Perhaps what resonates most from this collection is that whatever the subject matter, Wollstonecraft’s exhortation has been heeded throughout: ‘Women – endeavour to acquire/strength, both of mind and body,/ soft phrases, susceptibility/ of heart, delicacy of sentiment...’. "

- Hannah Stone in The Lake (http://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/reviews/april19/)

" The thread woven throughout is one of women’s experience: it travels among and between rich and diverse fabrics – from bees, Cornish tin miners to Ancient Greece by way of dream, fable, fantasy, observation and wit."

- Pippa Little in The High Window (https://thehighwindowpress.com/2018/09/05/reviews-4/#Vindication)

 

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Arachne Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1909208655
• ISBN 13: 9781909208650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 82
• Editor: Potts Cherry