Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women [Paperback]

Laura Chester (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1989

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. Laura Chester is author of "Lupus Novice" and "Free Rein".

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Reunions With A Ghost by Florence Anthony
Twenty-year Marriage by Florence Anthony
Late August by Margaret Atwood
A Broken Glass by Zsuzsa Beney
Tryst by Olga Broumas
Barely Gone Seems Too Long When I Think Of You And by Laura Chester
Loving My Boys by Laura Chester
Christabel: Part 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Blue by Sally Croft
Blue by Sally Croft
At Sixteen by Ann Russell Darr
Saturday Night by Toi Derricotte
Touching / Not Touching: My Mother by Toi Derricotte
Blossoming by Laurie Duesing
Reprieve by Laurie Duesing
Send Pictures, You Said by Laurie Duesing
Wild And Blue by Laurie Duesing
Eurydice, Sels. by Rachel Blau Duplessis
Mirror Poem by Rachel Blau Duplessis
Bestiality by Kathleen Fraser
Manifesto by Gloria Lynn Frym
The Yield by Gloria Lynn Frym
A Lecture On Jealousy by Amy Gerstler
Ups And Downs by Amy Gerstler
Toward The Greater Romance, Please Place Roses In My Skull by Daniela Gioseffi
A Funeral Plainsong From A Younger Woman To An Older Woman by Judy Grahn
Languedocienne by Marilyn Hacker
Love, Death And The Changing Of The Seasons, Sels. by Marilyn Hacker
Open Window by Janet Hamill
Of Gravity & Angels by Jane Hirshfield
Ann Lay Naked In The Sun by Sherril Jaffe
They Go There Forever by Sherril Jaffe
Mr. Muscle-on by Faye Kicknosway
China by Dorianne Laux
Fitzi In The Yearbook by Lyn Diane Lifshin
The Midwest Is Full Of Vibrators by Lyn Diane Lifshin
Penthouse Playboy by Lyn Diane Lifshin
With So Many Voices by Lyn Diane Lifshin
The Kama Sutra Of Kindness: Position No. 2 by Mary Mackey
Touch To My Tongue by Daphne Marlatt
Carlton Fisk Is My Ideal by Bernadette Mayer
Work In Progress by Bernadette Mayer
Aspen by Erin Moure
La Gueule by Erin Moure
She Touched Me by Erin Moure
The Connoisseuse Of Slugs by Sharon Olds
First Boyfriend by Sharon Olds
For My Daughter by Sharon Olds
Greed And Aggression by Sharon Olds
Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds
Greedy Baby by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Warning by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Her Eyes Seem Grey In This Soup The Hangars by Maureen Owen
Urban Cowboy Hat by Maureen Owen
Devils Clowns And Women by Rochelle Owens
Raisin Pumpernickel by Marge Piercy
Vegetable Love by Marge Piercy
Ovulation by Lily Pond
The Women -- Not by Leslie Scalapino
Up Is One Direction by Carolee Schneeman
The Hair, Fr. Poet To Tiger by May Swenson
Porne, Sels. by Chris Tysh
She Said by Alice Walker
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (March 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571129684
• ISBN-13: 978-0571129683
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,645,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of erotic poetry and sections of writings., November 22, 1995

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This review is from: Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women (Paperback)

Chester's choice of poetry is especially exciting! Based on my enjoyment of this selection, I have purchased and am reading "Unmade Bed" by the same editor. A very worthwhile and enjoyable collection!