Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English Faraj Bou al-Isha Here it is always the

Here it is always the poem that matters (although the essays are alert to social

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Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English Faraj Bou al-Isha Here it is always theThree years in the making, and with over 250 contributors, this generous selection of poetry by women with an emphasis on twentieth century poetry in English features poets from the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, and New Zealand. In these 'Post Feminist' times, is there a need for such a book? Is the literary establishment still as dominated by men as it once was? Who gets to decide the canon? Eva Salzman opens Women's Work