women poets

Text and accompanying photographs present the biography of Sappho of Lesbos--a woman whose passionate voice moved some readers as much as it disturbed some others. Her unapologetic representation of lesbian desire has resulted in her having one of the most disparate reputations of any writer.

Cynthia Zarin offers her own words on her life, detailing her experience in the working world as a young woman in New York, how she misses people and buildings who have faded away with time, her experience as a newlywed, her child's illness, and her insights into the secret workings of the staff of the "New Yorker.".

A novel based on the life of Profesora Camila Henr?quez-Ure?a, a teacher whose mother was Salom? Ure?a, famous nineteenth-century political poet from the Dominican Republic.

An account of the author's childhood in a Texas oil town and of her family's struggles with cancer, madness, and alcoholism.

Explores five women poets, ranging from Sappho to Emily Dickinson, through brief biographies and selections of their poetry.

Examines the life, work, and significance of the visionary poet from Amherst, Massachusetts.

Text and accompanying photographs present a biography of English poet Christina Rossetti who lived during the 1800s.