A Hot-Eyed Moderate

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Filigrane

Année de parution:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480429482

<DIV><b>The essays in this inspiring collection analyze the craft of writing and the art of living and loving &#160;&#160;&#160;</b></div><DIV><BR>Jane Rule shares her insights into the creative process, sexual fidelity, feminist politics, and the transformative power of love. &#160; &#160;&#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Part I&mdash;&ldquo;On Writing&rdquo;&mdash;dispenses advice (writing is &ldquo;a craft that has to be practiced&rdquo;); offers observations (&ldquo;The creative process in any art takes time&rdquo;); and dissects the writer-publisher relationship, both feminist and traditional. Part II&mdash;&ldquo;Writing for the Gay Press&rdquo;&mdash;discusses, among other things, what it means to be a lesbian writer. &#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>With chapters like &ldquo;The Myth of Genital Jealousy&rdquo; and &ldquo;You Cannot Judge a Pumpkin&rsquo;s Happiness by the Smile Upon Its Face,&rdquo; this collection shatters common myths such as why you should always write about what you know. There are also moving pieces about Rule&rsquo;s grandmother, artists who have influenced Rule, and what it is to be human and female in your time.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>From censorship to morality in literature to how men and women can live together in peace, <i>A Hot-Eyed Moderate</i> is Jane Rule at her provocative best. <i>&#160;</i></div>