A Map of Hope

Marc Notes: Coll. prev. publ. poetry and excerpts from memoirs, diaries...; Cloth@$49.00Table of Contents: Foreword / Mary Robinson -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 1. War and Remembrance -- Wind and Widow / Le Thi May -- The Son of Man / Natalia Ginzburg -- The War / Marguerite Duras -- A Life / Fadwa Tuqan -- An Estate of Memory / Ilona Karmel -- A War Letter / Ferida Durakovic -- My War in Four Episodes / Susan Rubin Suleiman -- Conversation with a Stone / Wislawa Szymborska -- Liberation Day / Christa Wolf -- War and Memory / June Jordan -- Baghdad Diary / Nuha Al Radi -- Object Permanence / Dzvinia Orlowsky -- Blind Chinese Soldiers / Taiko Hirabayashi -- Deadline / Barbara Kingsolver -- 2. Imprisonment and Censorship -- Dedication / Anna Akhmatova -- Prologue / Anna Akhmatova -- Freedom from Fear / Aung San Suu Kyi -- The Border Patrol State / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Auschwitz / Charlotte Delbo -- The Legend of Miss Sasagawara / Hisaye Yamamoto -- The Censors / Luisa Valenzuela -- A Window on Soweto / Joyce Sikakane -- North American Time / Adrienne Rich -- Piercing the Blockade / Nawal El Saadawi -- The Prisoner / Angelina Muniz-Huberman -- Gemutlich / Maria Banus -- Block 4 Barrack 4 Apt C / Mitsuye Yamada -- Threads Drawn from the Heart / Sheila Cassidy -- 3. Childhood -- A Dead Child Speaks / Nelly Sachs -- Indian Mother / Rosario Castellanos -- On the Road at Night There Stands a Man / Dahlia Ravikovitch -- My City: A Hong Kong Story / Xi Xi -- My Father Would Recall / Anna Swir -- Child's Memory / Eleni Fourtouni -- The Storm: A Poem in Five Parts / Meena Alexander -- The Break / May Opitz -- I Won't Christen You / Elsa Spartioti -- My Father and My Mother Went Out to Hunt / Yona Wallach -- All But My Life / Gerda Weissman Klein -- The Child of the Enemy / Ursula Duba -- A Little Arab Girl's First Day at School / Assia Djebar -- Dotty Noona / Salwa Bakr -- Diaspora / Diana Der-Hovanessian -- 4. Exiles and Refugees -- Song / Muriel Rukeyser -- The Aftermath / Agate Nesaule -- Exile / Eva Hoffman -- Packing My Bags / Claribel Alegria -- Beauty Contest / Janice Mirikitani -- A Woman in Exile / Mahnaz Afkhami -- Mother Tongue / Demetria Martinez -- Bosnia, or What Europe Means to Us / Slavenka Drakulic -- The Moon, the Wind, the Year, the Day / Ana Pizarro -- Border Country / Alicia Nitecki -- Exile / Tatyana Mamonova -- 5. Domestic and Political Violence -- War Pictures / Carol Dine -- Against the Pleasure Principle / Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi -- Nada / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- My Harem Frontiers / Fatima Mernissi -- Musee des Faux Arts / Rose Styron -- Female Goods / Taslima Nassrin -- Child of the Dark / Carolina Maria de Jesus -- Language and Shame / Meena Alexander -- As a Blackwoman / Maud Sulter -- The Colonel / Carolyn Forche -- Six Days: Some Rememberings / Grace Paley -- The Ritual of Sati / Gita Chattopadhyay -- 6. Resistance and Refusal -- City of Fire / Joy Harjo -- That Other World That Was the World / Nadine Gordimer -- Diary / Anne Frank -- Arriving at the Plaza / Matilde Mellibovsky -- The Trikeri Journal / Victoria Theodorou -- The Dance in Jinotega / Grace Paley -- Encounter / Grace Akello -- E. F. Schumacher Memorial Lecture / Petra Kelly -- The Hour of Truth / Isabel Allende -- The Reciters / Agate Nesaule -- Justice / Maro Markarian -- The Writer's Commitment / Claribel Alegria -- World view / Hattie Gossett -- Notes on Contributors -- Copyrights and Permissions. Brief Description: More than half a century after the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, women throughout the world still struggle for social and political justice. Many fight back with the only tools of resistance they possess--words. A Map of Hope presents a collection of 77 extraordinary literary works documenting the ways women writers have spoken out about human rights issues. Writers young and old, known and unknown, explore the dimensions of terror, the unspeakable atrocities of war, and the possibilities of resistance and refusal against all odds. Their poems, essays, memoirs, and brief histories examine issues that affect the condition of women in war, prison camps, exile, and as victims of domestic and political violence. A Map of Hope presents diverse women writers who have created a literature of global consciousness and justice. Their works give a face, an image, and a human dimension to the dehumanization of human rights violations. The collection allows readers to hear voices that have decided to make a difference. It goes beyond geography and ethnic groups; writers from around the globe are united by the universal dimensions of horror and deprivation, as well as the unique common struggle for justice and solidarity. Publisher Marketing: A Map of Hope presents diverse women writers who have created a literature of global consciousness and justice. This collection of poems, essays, memoirs, and brief histories allows readers to hear voices that have decided to make a difference. It goes beyond geography and ethnic groups. Edited by Marjorie Agosin, Map of Hope contributors include: Rosario Castellanos, Margurite Duras, Anne Frank, Barbara Kingslover, Ardienne Rich, Fadwa Tuqan, Mitsuye Yamada, and Hisaye Yamamoto. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/10/1999 pg. 46 (EAN 9780813526263, Paperback) Library Journal 06/15/1999 pg. 80 (EAN 9780813526263, Paperback) - *Starred Review Booklist 06/15/1999 pg. 1772 (EAN 9780813526263, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 05/10/1999 pg. 46 (EAN 9780813526256, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/15/1999 pg. 80 (EAN 9780813526256, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 06/15/1999 pg. 1772 (EAN 9780813526256, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Agosin, Marjorie Marjorie Agosin was raised in Chile by Jewish parents. Her family moved to the United States to escape the horrors of the Pinochet takeover of their country. Coming from a South American country and being Jewish, Agosin's writings demonstrate a unique blending of these cultures. She has received the Letras de Oro Prize for her poetry, and her writings about, and humanitarian work for, women in Chile have been the focus of feature articles in "The New York Times", "The Christian Science Monitor", and "Ms. Magazine". She has also won the Latino Literature Prize for her poetry. She is a Spanish professor at Wellesley College. Contributor Bio:  Robinson, Mary Mary Robinson is president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. She previously served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and was president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997. William Novelli is chief executive officer of AARP, a membership organization of 38 million people age 50 and older. Previously, he was president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and executive vice president of CARE. Clarence Pearson is a global health leadership and management consultant and former senior advisor to World Health Organization at the United Nations. He conceived the series of global health books for Jossey-Bass and serves as the series' executive editor. Laurie Norris is an international communications consultant and author of a history of the China Medical Board, a pioneer in Western-style medical education in China and Asia. She serves as managing editor for the global health series published by Jossey-Bass.