Word: essays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interviews are short--they range from 5 to 12 pages (including pictures and bibliography). The authors abandoned the classic question and answer format for a genre they call the "mini-essay." The organization is unfortunate-after authors finally set the scene, there is precious little space for the women writers to speak meaningfully of their work. The brief interviews are never long enough to answer the questions they raise. In addition, Pearlman and Henderson spend unnecessary time summarizing the writers' works, sometimes with lengthy quotes from the writer themselves...
...ESSAY Barbara Ehrenreich on the candidates and "class...
...Rummage," Dodd describes places she has lived and how they have affected her. The seven short sections of her essay spotlight moments from her life, ranging from a childhood Halloween to her college years. Her fractured chronology coupled with her original imagery is powerful and energetic and leaves the reader with vivid impressions of her life...
...particular interest to the Harvard community are those essays in the first section of the anthology, Politics and Society. Lerner opens with a powerful introductory essay called "A New Paradigm for Liberals: The Primacy of Ethics and Emotions." He's not afraid to criticize the methods and goals of the present liberal/progressive establishment, especially the Democratic Party's economic reductionism...
...ESSAY Barbara Ehrenreich on the need for breast implants...