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Columns::September 9, 2002
Weekly Reader
Prof co-edits essays about Sept. 11
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$17.95
White Pine Press |
To Mend the World is a collection of essays to examine the events of Sept. 11, 2001, from a female perspective. Shortly after the terrorist attack on the United States, Marjorie Agosín, professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, and Betty Jean Craige, University Professor of Comparative Literature and director of the Center for Humanities and Arts at UGA, asked women writers to think about both the effects and the causes of the attack and to reflect on what might be done to make a safer global community.
Women of varied ethnic and religious backgrounds responded, and their reflections create a multi-dimensional image that is both poignant and provocative. Contributors include Judith Ortiz Cofer, UGA’s Franklin Professor of English, and Toni Morrison.
“This collection was born of the powerful desire that the diverse voices of many women of different ethnicities and different homelands--all with a passion for the diverse, heterogeneous and democratic culture of America--be heard together,” says Agosín.
“It is in appreciation of the benefits we have enjoyed as citizens and residents of the United States that we present this collection of essays and poems dedicated to making our country--and the world--even better,” says Craige. “This volume is our tribute to the individuals--from all over the world--killed on Sept. 11 by the terrorists.” |
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