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Page 84
We discover one day, with our hands on the pot of boiling water, seeing it in our
mind's eye wash endlessly out over the familiar face speaking to us, we are angry
. The pot moves. The pot appears to move across space. We are stunned.
We discover one day, with our hands on the pot of boiling water, seeing it in our
mind's eye wash endlessly out over the familiar face speaking to us, we are angry
. The pot moves. The pot appears to move across space. We are stunned.
Page 86
A dry crust is allowed to form after the tape is removed. The crust is soaked away
with a warm saline compress. Antibiotic lubricant is applied.) Our hands reach to
our faces. We lay the insides of our fingers on our cheeks. Our palms cradle our ...
A dry crust is allowed to form after the tape is removed. The crust is soaked away
with a warm saline compress. Antibiotic lubricant is applied.) Our hands reach to
our faces. We lay the insides of our fingers on our cheeks. Our palms cradle our ...
Page 198
That our hands had knowledge of this act. That our hands would allow this birth
to happen in its own time. We said when we asked the doctors to explain these
births, they themselves knew very little. We said we had witnessed the
complexities ...
That our hands had knowledge of this act. That our hands would allow this birth
to happen in its own time. We said when we asked the doctors to explain these
births, they themselves knew very little. We said we had witnessed the
complexities ...
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User Review - bness2 - LibraryThingI realize this is considered a classic in feminist literature, but it is not anything like what I was expecting and I found Griffin's stream of consciousness style to be very distracting. This is not ... Read full review
Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictWritten in 1979 when the feminist movement was in full throttle, this became a popular work in women's studies curricula. The feminist movement has since changed course, but Griffin is still beating ... Read full review
Contents
MATTER | 5 |
land Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was Therefor Them | 56 |
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| Title | Woman and nature: the roaring inside her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › › Feminism Nature Poetry / American / General Sex role Social Science / Women's Studies Women |
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