Love Over 60: an anthology of women's poems [Perfect Paperback]

Robin Chapman (Editor), Jeri McCormick (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2010

This diverse anthology includes work by more than 80 poets, some well known and others relatively unknown, all over the age of 60. These poems speak of love in particular lives and details. Each poet in this collection writes out of her real experience, belonging to this historical time, from a vast array of loving (or nonloving) exchanges and so each reader will find individual patterns, nuances, and voices. The whole contributes to defining and refining that elusive word, love, in our time, caught in language and breathed into the poems.

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About the Author

Robin Chapman, Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin Madison, is author of six books of poetry, including The Way In and Images of a Complex World: The Art and Poetry of Chaos (with J.C. Sprott s fractals), both winners of the Posner Poetry Book Award; The Dreamer Who Counted the Dead, recipient of a Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Book Award; and Abundance, recipient of the Cider Press Review Book Award. She has also co-edited the anthology On Retirement: 75 Poems and serves as one of the editors of Fireweed Press. Jeri McCormick, a creative writing teacher in senior centers and the Elderhostel program, has co-written two texts (Haworth Press) and co-edited Heartland Journal for older writers. She is a founder of Primipara for women poets and founder of Fireweed Press. Her book of poems, When It Came Time, winner of a Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Book Award, was published by Salmon Poetry in Ireland, and her book Marrowbone of Memory is forthcoming from Salmon. Her work appears in many anthologies, including the Book of Irish American Poetry, Eighteenth Century to Present (Notre Dame Press, 2007).

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Mayapple Press (March 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932412874
• ISBN-13: 978-0932412874
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,127,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A unique look at love and old age, highly recommended, June 6, 2010

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This review is from: Love Over 60: an anthology of women's poems (Perfect Paperback)

The body may age, but it doesn't mean the heart does. "Love over 60: An Anthology of Women's Poems" is a collection of poetry from many women over the age of sixty as they write how their desire for love never truly dies, that it starts at puberty and never goes away. "Love over 60" is a unique look at love and old age, highly recommended. "O, Champion", by Dorothy Ryan: If I'd known/It was going to be//Our last blue-ribbon/Orgasm//I'd have worked harder//Screamed louder, shuddered longer/Skimmed a bit off the top//To preserve as a trophy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Leaving the Brassy, Heading for the Banquet, March 29, 2011

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This review is from: Love Over 60: an anthology of women's poems (Perfect Paperback)

As a collection, Love Over 60 lends itself to all manner of sensual comparison, from the nuanced formulation of perfume to the spontaneous, rich and sumptuous late-day banquet. This book is not about love as a trite, contained experience but rather as a calling to weave the finery of love into a life well-lived.

The 80 poets represented include some of California's notable voices, like Bay Area's Ellen Bass, Gail Entrekin Rudd and Kathie Isaac-Luke. Leaning toward metaphor and away from brassy proclamation, Love Over Sixty resonates with multi-layered meanings and the direct language of women who have cast away many of life's sly illusions.