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Sleeping with One Eye Open: Women Writers and the Art of Survival

Sleeping with One Eye Open: Women Writers and the Art of Survival

Rodríguez, Aleida
Friman, Alice
Fraser, Amy

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralLetters & EssaysLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0820352551
ISBN13: 9780820352558
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: Apr 1 2017
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

How do women writers cope with changes and juggle the demands in their already full lives to make time for their lives as artists? In this anthology, noted female novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, and nonfiction writers address the old and new challenges of doing it all that face women writers as the twenty-first century approaches. With eloquence, sensitivity, and more than a touch of wry humor, Sleeping with One Eye Open relates positive stories from women who lead effective lives as artists, emphasizing how sources of inspiration, discipline, resourcefulness, and determination help them succeed despite the obstacle of no time.

The title essay, Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Woman Who Slept with One Eye Open, defines the collection. Cofer relates the ways in which a mythological story from her Puerto Rican culture gave her confidence and courage, encouraging her creative success and emphasizing the rewards of women's

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