Lorraine Anderson (2)

This is a collection of 90 women writing poetry, prose, essays. stories and journal entries about the Earth. Writings are from women both dead and alive. A few of them are: Mabel Dodge Luhan, Annie Dillard, Ursula K. Le Guinn, Emily Dickinson, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Willa Cather, Alice Walker, and Rachel Carson.

This is an absolutely beautiful collection of poems, prose, anecdotes, and other stories... I loved each piece. My only complaint is the inclusion of certain authors at the exclusion of others, and the occasionally too-long contributing author write-ups. All in all though, it is an extremely moving read.

I used this as a reference source, and bought or borrowed many of the works excerpted.

"A book to treasure, to savor, to keep ... - full of tales that are mesmerizing and heartening (Judith Freeman)." "These voices remind, rejoice, bewail, berate - with love, joy, compassion, energy, nerve and outrage - and we'd better pay attention (Janet Kauffman)." From the front and back covers.