Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women

by Laura Chester (Editor)

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This is an anthology of over 150 pieces by contemporary women writers ranging in tone from innocent to erotic, and from serious to hilarious with pieces by authors such as Erica Jong, Alice Walker and Jayne Anne Phillips. It includes short stories, poetry, prose and extracts.

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Hamill, Janet (Contributor)
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Jong, Erica (Contributor)
Kicknosway, Faye (Contributor)
Laux, Dorianne (Contributor)
Lifshin, Lyn (Contributor)
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Oates, Joyce Carol (Contributor)
Olds, Sharon (Contributor)
Ostriker, Alicia (Contributor)
Owen, Maureen (Contributor)
Owens, Rochelle (Contributor)
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Simpson, Mona (Contributor)
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Original title
Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women
Original publication date
1988
Epigraph
"Those pleasures so lightly called physical."
—Colette: Mélanges
Dedication
to the memory of Anaïs Nin
First words
Is it possible that women's writing has undergone a sex change?
--Introduction
Original language
English

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Fiction and Literature, Poetry
DDC/MDS
810.803538 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American literature in English Anthologies and Collections Themes and subjects
LCC
PS509 .E7 .D44 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature
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