ARC OF LOVE: An Anthology of Lesbian Love Poems - Hardcover

Coss, Clare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684814463 ISBN 13: 9780684814469

Publisher: Scribner, 1996

Synopsis

A wide-ranging collection of lesbian love poetry is divided into four sections under the headings "Light," "Order," "Vexation," and "Endurance," and includes contributions by Sappho, Audre Lorde, Joy Harjo and June Jordan

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This predominantly contemporary collection, although beginning and ending with poems by Sappho, includes the work of such expected writers as Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Robin Morgan, Marilyn Hacker, Olga Broumas and Muriel Rukeyser. Less familiar standouts are Margaret Randall, Melanie Hope and Joan Larkin, who recalls her father spanking her as a child: "his hands, his strong/ voice telling me I was loved" ("Beatings"). Less laudable is the editor's contribution. Coss, a psychotherapist, neatly quarters material into sections that follow the letters of the word love (light, order, vexation, and endurance/evolution/ecstasy). Coupled with simplistic introductions to each section, her "arc" resembles a 12-step program in which weaker poems are included because their sentiments fit the pattern. Many of the 87 contributors, however, surpass such utility.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684814463
• ISBN 13: 9780684814469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240