More Than Things
More Than Things is a collection of essays on a variety of political, cultural, and literary issues, all linked by Margaret Randall's attention to power: its use, misuse, and impact on how we live our lives. There are texts on sex, fashion, food, LGBT rights, automobiles, forgiving, women's self-image, writing, books, and more. Two of the essays provide glimpses into present-day Cuba and Tunisia. She reflects on her family; her romantic partners; and the revolutionaries, writers, artists, and activists she has known personally and admired: Roque Dalton, Meridel LeSueur, and Haydée Santamaría.

Randall's writings move in unexpected directions, evoked by the "things" and ideas in her life: objects picked up around the world, her children's names, family heirlooms, artistic practices, dreams, poems, and memories. Elegantly weaving together the personal and the political, More Than Things is a tour de force by one of America's most formidable and elegiac writers and political activists.

Margaret Randall is a writer and photographer. She has written dozens of books of memoir, poetry, oral history, and essays, in addition to translations, edited anthologies, and photography books. Her most recent works include To Change the World: My Years in Cuba, First Laugh: Essays 2000-2009 (Nebraska, 2011), Che on My Mind, and The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones.
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More Than Things
More Than Things is a collection of essays on a variety of political, cultural, and literary issues, all linked by Margaret Randall's attention to power: its use, misuse, and impact on how we live our lives. There are texts on sex, fashion, food, LGBT rights, automobiles, forgiving, women's self-image, writing, books, and more. Two of the essays provide glimpses into present-day Cuba and Tunisia. She reflects on her family; her romantic partners; and the revolutionaries, writers, artists, and activists she has known personally and admired: Roque Dalton, Meridel LeSueur, and Haydée Santamaría.

Randall's writings move in unexpected directions, evoked by the "things" and ideas in her life: objects picked up around the world, her children's names, family heirlooms, artistic practices, dreams, poems, and memories. Elegantly weaving together the personal and the political, More Than Things is a tour de force by one of America's most formidable and elegiac writers and political activists.

Margaret Randall is a writer and photographer. She has written dozens of books of memoir, poetry, oral history, and essays, in addition to translations, edited anthologies, and photography books. Her most recent works include To Change the World: My Years in Cuba, First Laugh: Essays 2000-2009 (Nebraska, 2011), Che on My Mind, and The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones.
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More Than Things

More Than Things

by Margaret Randall
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More Than Things is a collection of essays on a variety of political, cultural, and literary issues, all linked by Margaret Randall's attention to power: its use, misuse, and impact on how we live our lives. There are texts on sex, fashion, food, LGBT rights, automobiles, forgiving, women's self-image, writing, books, and more. Two of the essays provide glimpses into present-day Cuba and Tunisia. She reflects on her family; her romantic partners; and the revolutionaries, writers, artists, and activists she has known personally and admired: Roque Dalton, Meridel LeSueur, and Haydée Santamaría.

Randall's writings move in unexpected directions, evoked by the "things" and ideas in her life: objects picked up around the world, her children's names, family heirlooms, artistic practices, dreams, poems, and memories. Elegantly weaving together the personal and the political, More Than Things is a tour de force by one of America's most formidable and elegiac writers and political activists.

Margaret Randall is a writer and photographer. She has written dozens of books of memoir, poetry, oral history, and essays, in addition to translations, edited anthologies, and photography books. Her most recent works include To Change the World: My Years in Cuba, First Laugh: Essays 2000-2009 (Nebraska, 2011), Che on My Mind, and The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803245907
Publisher: Nebraska Paperback
Publication date: 10/01/2013
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Margaret Randall is a writer and photographer. She has written dozens of books of memoir, poetry, oral history, and essays, in addition to translations, edited anthologies, and photography books. Her most recent works include To Change the World: My Years in Cuba, First Laugh: Essays 2000–2009 (Nebraska, 2011), Che on My Mind, and The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: The Magical Seam xiii

Shaping My Words 1

Things 9

Roque Dalton: Myth, Man, Martyr, and Poet Who Defined an Era 19

Closing the Gap 50

What's in a Name? 55

New Map of Wonder to Explore 62

Horizon 67

Sex 72

Wheels 89

Our Table 99

What Am I Going to Wear? 109

Do You Really Believe All That? 117

The Courage It Takes 131

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall 143

Lord Power 152

There's Plenty of Time for That Later 164

What Are They Afraid Of? 174

Too Late Because 183

Keeping Us Safe 186

Passports and Me 192

Forgivers Dilemma 204

Going Places 215

Cuban Postcards 229

Tunisian Postcards 251

Goose Quill to Thought-Capture, Stopping at Books 278

Coyote Grin 292

"Star Built Memory," Last Words of Meridel LeSueur 298

Not for Myself 308

Notes 313

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