Excerpts: miscellaneous prose and poetry

by Chris Wind

Overview

This second edition of Excerpts: miscellaneous prose and poetry includes most of the pieces from the first edition (early works dating from the late 1970s and 1980s), slightly revised, along with several new pieces.

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Praise for chris wind's work:

"I find the writing style very appealing ... An interesting mix of a memoir and a philosophical work, together with some amazing poetry. ... This is what happens ranks in my top five of books ever read." Mesca Elin, Psychochromatic Redemption

"An incisive reflection on how social forces constrain women’s lives. ... Great for fans of Sylvia Plath, Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook." Booklife about This is what happens

"dreaming of kaleidoscopes is a top pick of poetry and is very much worth considering. ...” Midwest Book Review

“Satellites Out of Orbit is an excellent and much recommended pick for unique fiction collections.” Michael Dunford, Midwest Book Review

“ ... a truly wonderful source of feminist fiction." Katie M. Deaver, feminismandreligion.com, about Thus Saith Eve

“... not only dynamic, imaginative verse writing, but extremely intelligent and intuitive insight." Joanne Zipay, Judith Shakespeare Company, NYC, about Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest

“... A welcome relief from the usual male emphasis in this area. There is anger and truth here, not to mention courage.” Eric Folsom, Next Exit, about UnMythed

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781926891934
Publisher:	Magenta
Publication date:	01/11/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Chris Wind is the author of This is what happens, dreaming of kaleidoscopes, Satellites Out of Orbit (which includes Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest; UnMythed; Thus Saith Eve; Snow White Gets Her Say; Deare Sister), Paintings and Sculptures, Particivision and other stories, and Excerpts: miscellaneous prose and poetry. Her prose and poetry has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including The Antigonish Review, Ariel, Atlantis, Bogg, Canadian Author and Bookman, Canadian Woman Studies, Contemporary Verse 2, The Copperfield Review, event, Existere, (f.)Lip, grain, Herizons, Herstoria, The Humanist, The New Quarterly, Other Voices, Poetry Toronto, Prism International, Rampike, Shard, The University of Toronto Review, The Wascana Review, Waves, Whetstone, White Wall Review, and Women's Education des femmes, as well as several anthologies, including Contemporary Monologues for Young Women, Clever Cats, Visions of Poesy, and Going for Coffee. Her theatrical work has been performed by several companies, including Venus Theatre and Shoestring Radio Theatre, and read on CBC Radio. She has been awarded sixteen Ontario Arts Council grants. chriswind.net