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she talks to herself in the language of an educated women

she talks to herself in the language of an educated women

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Frances Jaffer

  • DETAILS

    1981, 39 pages

    ISBN 0-932716-13-X

     

    BIOGRAPHY

    Frances Jaffer (1922–1999) was a poet and co-founder of the pioneering feminist journal,  HOW(ever). Kelsey Street Press's Frances Jaffer Award for a first book of poetry was named in her honor. 

  • PRAISE

    These are poems which embody a rare and wonderful intelligence. An intellect of emotions of the body of all the philosophical questions embedded in a woman's experience; the insights of mothers and daughters with none of the lies of over-simplicity of hiding. At turns canny, funny and stunning, these poems make one want to reason and weep.

    —Susan Griffin

     

    MORE INFORMATION

    Frances Jaffer obituary

     

    Frances Jaffer essay, "A Gift of Song: My Encounter with HD"

     

    Frances Jaffer essay, "WHY HOW(ever)" the introduction to journal HOW(ever)

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