Book

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple / edited by Sandra Martz.

2nd ed.

Watsonville, CA : Papier-Mache, ©1991.

177, [19] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

A collection of writings with the theme of women growing older.

This volume is a collection of fiction, photographs and poetry that evokes the beauty, humor and courage of women living in their later years and tells of the endearing moments of joy and passion to be found in the rich and varied world of midlife and beyond. This anthology that takes a refreshing look at issues of aging in a society that glorifies youth, conveying the lovingly cultivated idiosyncrasies, wisdom and beauty of women who have reached an age in their lives when they feel they are finally free to be themselves.

Women -- Literary collections.

Aging -- Literary collections.

Older women -- Literary collections.

Older people's writings, American.

American literature -- 20th century.

Martz, Sandra.

Warning / Jenny Joseph -- Sitty Victoria / Vicki Salloum -- Grandma sits down / Rick Kempa -- Aunt Marie at 99 / Tom Benediktsson -- Here, take my words / Karen Brodine -- The trouble was meals / Elizabeth Bennett -- Like mother, like daughter / Susan S. Jacobson -- Near places, far places / Sarah Barnhill -- The changes / Fionna Perkins -- For my mother / Michele Wolf -- A place for mother / Joanne Seltzer -- Birthday portrait in muted tones / Dori Appel -- Old woman / Billie Lou Cantwell -- A woman at forty / Enid Shomer -- New directions / Susan A. Katz -- Late autumn woods / Rina Ferrarelli -- Athlete growing old / Grace Butcher -- Body / Lillian Morrison -- I know the mirrors / Janice Townley Moore -- Investment of worth / Terri Jewell -- Gracefully afraid / Mary Anne Ashley -- words never spoken / Doris Vanderlipp Manley -- Clearing the path / Elisavietta Ritchie -- Dear Paul Newman / Marie Kennedy Robins -- Reaching toward beauty / Hyacinthe Hill -- Love at fifty / Marcia Woodruff -- A letter from Elvira / Bettie Sellers -- Tin of Tube Rose / Sandra Redding -- Survived by his wife / Margaret Flanagan -- Making the wine / Marisa Labozzetta -- Come to me / Sue Saniel Elkind -- Two willow chairs / Jess Wells -- Planting / Cinda Thompson -- Maybe at eighty? / S. Minanel -- Endurance / Fran Portley -- Becoming sixty / Ruth Harriet Jacobs -- Social security / Barbara Bolz -- Litany for a neighbor / Ellin Carter -- The wildcat / Catherine Boyd -- Out of the lion's belly / Carole L. Glickfeld -- Hurricane / Edna J. Guttag -- Oh, that shoestore used to be mine / Randeane Doolittle Tetu -- Tending the flock / Jennifer Lagier -- Livvy Caldwell / Barbara Nector Davis -- Translations / Margaret H. Carson -- To an old woman / Rafael Jesus Gonzalez -- The pianist / Carolyn J. Fairweather Hughes -- Occupation / Bonnie Michael Pratt -- All the time / Michael Andrews -- Bag ladies in L.A. / Savina A. Roxas -- glory / Charlotte Watson Sherman -- Old women / Barbara Lau -- Bag ladies / Ruth Harriet Jacobs -- Endings / Lynn Kozma -- Last visit to grandmother / Enid Shomer -- Words for Alice after her death / Angela Peckenpaugh -- The thugs / Mura Dehn -- The coming of winter / Shirley Vogler Meister -- Post humus / Patti Tana -- Life's rainbow / Sheila Banani.

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