Ashes of revolt; essays by Agosín, Marjorie - 1996

Fredonia, N.Y.: White Pine Press, 1996. First printing (stated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges and covers, minor bindery flaw of rippling to wraps' coating; else Near Fine(+).. Black illus octavo, 182 pages, 23 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. Illustration of crying woman to front cover. || "Includes 22 short essays, most related to culture and politics in Chile before, during, and after the Pinochet dictatorship; more than half previously published in English between 1990-95. Many treat questions of women's oppression and resistance to power. Several pieces are autobiographical in nature. Includes endnotes to many essays and translators' biographies. Translations all of high quality"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. Contents: Introduction / Diane Russell-Pineda -- My City -- Neruda in the Soul, Neruda in Isla Negra -- In the Fog I Remember -- Always From Somewhere Else: Reflections on Exile -- Anne Frank or the Landscape Unrooted -- A Dream of Shadows: Writing, Speaking, Becoming -- Poetry: An Act of Love -- How to Speak With the Dead? -- So We Will Not Forget: Literature and Human Rights in Latin America -- Vision and Transgression: Some Notes on the Writing of Julieta Kirkwood -- Inhabitants of Decayed Palaces: The Dictator in the Latin American Novel -- Passion and Memory: Women Writers in Latin America -- Talking About Culture: Chile and the United States -- The Disenchanted Generation -- Democracy for a Ghost Nation -- Cities of Life, Cities of Change -- Women, Politics, and Society in Chile -- The Dance of Life: Women and Human Rights in Chile -- Remnants -- Summer in the Southern Hemisphere -- Isla Negra -- Letter from Chile. Human rights -- Chile.