Love transcends all barriers in this modern fairy taleWhen the Mer-Child learned the story of the Little Mermaid, he recognized it as the account of his mother and father, the beautiful mermaid and the human man for whom she sacrificed everything. But that love had left their offspring, the Mer-Child, stranded between worlds, as unwelcome in the realm of the sea as in the earth above. Never fitting in, he has been left to wander, searching for friends, his silvery t...

A powerful and essential anthology that sheds light on the status of women throughout the worldHailed by Alice Walker as "one of the most important human documents of the century," this collection of groundbreaking essays examines the global status of women's experiences, from oppression to persecution. Originally published in 1984, the compilation features pieces written by a diverse set of powerful women—journalists, politicians, grassroots activists, and scholar...

A riveting exploration of terrorism's relationship to sex, with a new preface by the authorTerrorism is the international crime that has captured the attention of the entire world, forcing governments to make radical changes in security and civil liberties. Meanwhile, everyone tries to comprehend the real reasons that inspire such violence.This is where political philosopher Robin Morgan begins The Demon Lover, a groundbreaking work of investigative ...

The evolution of the poet who is one of feminism's greatest living voicesRobin Morgan has always been one of the most original, technically skilled, and impassioned writers in American poetry, and Upstairs in the Garden shows the development of her distinctive voice.This book of selections from her previous volumes of poetry, plus new additions, summarizes the verse of two decades of iconoclastic work, and is an ideal starting place for a reader who ...

The personal papers of one of feminism's most passionate leaders, with a new preface by the authorAs an activist for social justice, Robin Morgan has acquired a reputation for strong convictions and a life-affirming way of expressing them through writing. Nowhere is this more evident than in Going Too Far, which takes us behind the scenes in Morgan's life and in the women's movement until 1977. We watch the development of an organizer who is a complex think...

The classic of feminist vision by one of its greatest writers, with a new preface by the authorWith the advent of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, physics and our world changed forever. In The Anatomy of Freedom, Robin Morgan shows us how the empowerment of women—half of humanity—will have the same transformative power for society that e=mc2 had for the physical world.This is not simply another feminist treatise. Morgan looks beyond the wo...

She sleeps naked, wearing pearls, to play her part. Robin Morgan' s latest collection is a tour-de force: poetry that thrills the intellect and stirs the emotions. Robin shares her joys and intimacies which take centre stage and laments ' the ringmaster' s desertion' as death hovers in the wings and aging unfolds, while laughing at the pain / through the gridlocked traffic in my brain. Light and shadow, sleep and wakefulness, holding tight and letting go, regret and contentment, order and ...

In Parallax, Robin Morgan's most radiant prose welcomes you into her dazzling imagination. This is a story about storytelling––a set of shorter tales which, like Russian dolls, nest and fit together to reveal a larger one. A fable for the future and a prediction about the past, Parallax is a luscious story that demands immediate rereading the moment you finish. It's a story that surprises you and invites you to play with the patterns inside its paradoxes, whose characters...

"Disturbing and tons of fun." —The Guardian"Just take all those accolades used for thrillers—unputdownable, twisty, dark, chilling, vivid, explosive, intense—and heap them on. Because this book is that good. That credible. And that terrifying..." —First Clue, Starred ReviewHow far would you go to protect the ones you love?Jamie and Victoria are off for a last quick vacatio...

An amazing trajectory: From child star to prize-winning writer to feminist iconRobin Morgan is famous as a bestselling author of nonfiction, a prize-winning poet, and a founder and leader of contemporary feminism . Before all of that, though, she was a working child actor. From the age of two, "Saturday's child had to work for a living." She had her own radio show on New York's WOR, Little Robin Morgan, by the time she was four; starred during the ...

The debut poetry collection from one of feminism's most passionate voices, with a new preface by the authorWell before Robin Morgan was known as a feminist leader, literary magazines published her as a serious poet, and in 1979 she received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry. Monster, her first collection, originally published in 1972, contains work that will astonish, disorient, and move readers in powerful ways....

Feminism from the front linesA founder of the contemporary global women's movement, Robin Morgan is widely known as one of feminism's strongest, most persuasive activists. As a writer, she is unique in her ability to distill ideas into smart pieces of nonfiction that can transform a reader's worldview forever.The Word of a Woman follows Morgan's journalism and shorter prose from the 1960s through the early 1990s. Originally published in 1992, this se...