--- mike pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color > edited by > Cherrme Moraga and Gloria Anzaldza (this is a GREAT book)<< > It's actually edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua (accents > omitted), > but yes, it is a great book, as is Anzaldua's 'Making Faces, Making > Soul / > Haciendo Caras'. It is subtitled 'Creative and Critical Perspectives > by > Feminists of Color'. Her 'Borderland / La Frontera' is wonderful too. > Strong > lesbian presence (I won't say bias) in all three books, and the > chicana / > tejana perspective is very clear too. >
Enjoying this thread very much...makes me realize how much I miss being in school. Another brilliant and moving read is Zami A New Spelling of My Name a biomythography by Audre Lorde. If you dont know who she is/was, Audre Lorde was a celebrated lesbian author, activist and poet. She died in 1992 after a 14 year struggle with breast cancer. She was a founder of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, a founding member of Sisterhood in Support of Sisters in South Africa, and she addressed the First National March for Lesbian & Gay Liberation in 1979 in Washington DC. Lorde was internationally recognized as a significant contributor to the struggle for Black, women's and lesbian and gay rights. During that year at York University, I saw the film A Litany for Survival, The Life and Work of Audre Lorde. Absolutely moved me to the core. I need to take a moment to clarify my comment about INternational films. I know that there is a lot of less than good filming coming out of Europe..and that there are good films out of Hollywood at times.I was just in that moment of remembering the sweetness and the emotion and how Ienjoyed the exotic-ness of watching films where I dont speak the language...oh hell, the more I try to explain, the further I dig into the hole. Nevermind. Mags ===== it's a miracle! Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
