Voice of Her Own: Women and the Journal Writing Journey

by Marlene A. Schiwy, Marion Woodman (Introduction)

Overview

From Simon & Schuster, A Women of Her Own is Marlene Schiwy's treasure chest of inspiration for every woman seeking deeper self-awareness and new outlets for creativity.

Voice of Her Own offers advice on keeping a journal, including choosing a blank book, keeping the journal private, and deciding when to reread old journals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780684803425
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	05/27/1996
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Marlene Schiwy, Ph.D., is a writer, workshop leader, university instructor, Jungian counsellor, and Body Soul Writing mentor.

Editorial Reviews

Part how-to, part historical account, literary scholar Schiwy's work validates women's need to keep a journal and, as such, their need to express emotions. "Journal writing is a way of paying close attention to our lives," she writes. From preteen diaries to unsent letters and invented dialogs, women record their lives, and Schiwy allows the voyeuristic pleasure of reading the results, from Anas Nin's deep introspection to a mother coping with life. For women who want to keep a journal but don't know how to start, Schiwy's appendixes are leaps into self-actualization. In the tradition of Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones (Shambhala, 1986), Schiwy gives writers the ever-needed boost of self-confidence: her goal is to encourage "women to take themselves and other women seriously in their own right." Read better in pieces, her work is a keeper. Recommended for public libraries.Penny L. Piva, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

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