An Angle of Vision: Women Writers on Their Poor and Working-Class Roots

by Lorraine López and Lorraine M. Lopez

Book Overview

An Angle of Vision is a compelling anthology that collects personal essays and memoir by a diverse group of gifted authors united by their poor or working-class roots in America. The contributors include Dorothy Allison, Joy Castro, Lisa D. Chavez, Mary Childers, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Teresa Dovalpage, Maureen Gibbon, Dwonna Goldstone, Joy Harjo, Lorraine M. L pez, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes, Bich...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472050788
• ISBN13: 9780472050789
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A fine and very highly recommended read; many women will relate

"An Angle of Vision: Women Writers on Their Poor and Working-Class Roots" is a collection of memoirs from women writers offering their reflections on their childhood and the rough times of their parents struggling to make ends meet for a better future. From realizing one's poverty, to the challenges of day-to-day lower class life and how things are different in the role of women, sex, and the future, there is no shortage of ideas. "An Angle of Vision" is a fine and very highly recommended read; many women will relate.