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Quilt Stories
Author(s): Cecilia Macheski
- Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 1994
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 0813118492
- ISBN-13: 9780813118499
Book Description
More than 30 stories, plays, poems, and songs featuring the making of quilts – written from 1845 to the present, mainly by American women – document women’s literary history. Featuring the work of Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Sharyn McCrumb, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and many others, “Quilt Stories” is a colourful literary album of stories, poems, and plays that celebrate quilting as a pattern in women’s history. These stories – grouped under the themes of memory, courtship, struggle, mystery, and wisdom – reflect the importance of quilting in the lives of American women, not only as a practical craft and a creative outlet, but also as an integral part of the social community.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Macheski has pieced together a variety of literary fabrics into a unique design which represents women’s struggle for identity in a masculine world.” -The Benton, Arkansas Courier; -Quilt Stories is an important chronicle of women’s literary achievements and history.” -United Methodist Reporter; “Quilt Stories will bring pleasure to your day.” -Chattanooga Times
About the Author
Cecilia Macheski is professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York.
