She Rises Like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets [Paperback]

Janine Canan (Editor), Jean Shinoda Bolen (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1989

This award-winning anthology contains poetry by 29 outstanding contemporary American women poets invoking and celebrating the reality of the Goddess. The poets include Maya Angelou, Diane di Prima, Judy Grahn, Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, Carolyn Kizer, Denise Levertov, Robin Morgan and Marge Piercy. Illustrated by Mayumi Oda.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Gratitude for poetry and the other ritual arts of spiritual practice, for these brave women artfully declaring the truth..." -- Charlene Spretnak, author of The Politics of Women's Spirituality

"One of the best books to come from the Women's Spirituality Movement." -- Booklist

She Rises like the Sun beautifully communicates the power of the goddess to inspire rich, passionate woman-affirming poetry. -- Christine Downing, author of The Goddess

The Blessing by Paula Gunn Allen
Creation Story by Paula Gunn Allen
Grandmother by Paula Gunn Allen
Ne Na Tye Woman by Paula Gunn Allen
Womanwork by Paula Gunn Allen
Woman Me by Maya Angelou
Dear God by Barbara Brooker
Creation by Janine Burford Canan
Dear Body by Janine Burford Canan
Inanna's Decent by Janine Burford Canan
Our Lady by Janine Burford Canan
And Will You Hunt The Loba? by Diane Di Prima
Ave, Fr. Loba by Diane Di Prima
Dream: The Loba Reveals Herself by Diane Di Prima
Her Power Is To Open What Is Shut, Shut What Is Open by Diane Di Prima
The Loba Addresses The Goddess / Or The Poet As Priestess... by Diane Di Prima
Loba As Kore In The Labyrinth Of Her Beauty by Diane Di Prima
Love Song Of The Loba by Diane Di Prima
The Poet Prays To The Loba by Diane Di Prima
The Second Daughter: Li (brightness) by Diane Di Prima
A Creed For Free Woman by Elsa Gidlow
Let Wisdom Wear The Grown: Hymn For Gaia by Elsa Gidlow
The Queen Of Wands by Judy Grahn
The Great Mother by Susan Griffin
Our Mother by Susan Griffin
This Earth by Susan Griffin
The Book Of Myths by Joy Harjo
Grace by Joy Harjo
Remember by Joy Harjo
White Bear by Joy Harjo
Beneath The Pole Of Proud Raven by Jana Harris
The Creation Songs Of Eurynome by Erica Helm
Desert by Linda Hogan
First Light by Linda Hogan
It Must Be by Linda Hogan
Morning: The World In The Lake by Linda Hogan
November by Linda Hogan
Scorpion by Linda Hogan
Tiva's Tapestry: La Llorona by Linda Hogan
Hera, Hung From The Sky by Carolyn Kizer
Persephone Pauses by Carolyn Kizer
Semele Recycled by Carolyn Kizer
The Cat by Mary Norbert Korte
Rain To River To The Sea by Mary Norbert Korte
This Room Of Trees & Moving Earth by Mary Norbert Korte
Behold This And Always Love It by Meridel Lesueur
Hush, My Little Grandmother by Meridel Lesueur
Let The Bird Of Earth, Fly! by Meridel Lesueur
Make The Earth Bright And Thanks by Meridel Lesueur
Rites Of Ancient Ripening by Meridel Lesueur
Surround Of Rainbows by Meridel Lesueur
The Dragonfly-mother by Denise Levertov
The Goddess by Denise Levertov
The Postcards: A Triptych by Denise Levertov
Invocation by Lynn Lonidier
Mediterranean Snake Admitter by Lynn Lonidier
Reading Of The Rattlesnake by Lynn Lonidier
Sistrum by Lynn Lonidier
Swing Goddess - Sally Ride, First American Woman Astronaut by Lynn Lonidier
Call by Audre Lorde
October by Audre Lorde
The Winds Of Orisha by Audre Lorde
Betony by Mary Mackey
Cytherea by Mary Mackey
On The Dark Side Of The Moon by Mary Mackey
The Woman In The Moon by Mary Mackey
A Ceremony by Robin Morgan
The Self by Robin Morgan
The Two Gretels Were Exploring The Forest by Robin Morgan
Athena In The Front Lines by Marge Piercy
I Saw Her Dancing by Marge Piercy
Let Us Gather At The River by Marge Piercy
The Longest Night Is Long Drawn by Marge Piercy
O! by Marge Piercy
The Sabbath Of Mutual Respect by Marge Piercy
Wellfleet Shabbat by Marge Piercy
The Window Of The Woman Burning by Marge Piercy
Corn Children by Carol Lee Sanchez
Birthday On The Acropolis by Eleanor May Sarton
The Invoation To Kali: 2. The Kingdom Of Kali by Eleanor May Sarton
The Invocation To Kali: 1 by Eleanor May Sarton
The Invocation To Kali: 3. The Concentration Camps by Eleanor May Sarton
The Invocation To Kali: 4. The Time Of Burning by Eleanor May Sarton
The Invocation To Kali: 5 by Eleanor May Sarton
Letters From Maine: 6 by Eleanor May Sarton
The Return Of Aphrodite by Eleanor May Sarton
Ancestral Messengers / Composition 11 by Ntozake Shange
I Sat Up One Night Walkin A Boardin House by Ntozake Shange
Sechita Had Heard These Things by Ntozake Shange
Calling by Alma Luz Villanueva
Creation by Alma Luz Villanueva
The Crux by Alma Luz Villanueva
The Lake by Alma Luz Villanueva
The Object by Alma Luz Villanueva
The Politics Of Paradise by Alma Luz Villanueva
Sassy by Alma Luz Villanueva
Sisters by Alma Luz Villanueva
Song Of The Self: The Grandmother by Alma Luz Villanueva
Splendid Moments by Alma Luz Villanueva
Winged Woman, Feathers by Alma Luz Villanueva
Anger by Julia Vinograd
Celebration by Julia Vinograd
Jerusalem Rises From Honor As From Sleep by Julia Vinograd
Motherdeath by Julia Vinograd
Reassurance by Julia Vinograd
The Ice Queen's Calla Lily Fingers by Diane Wakoski
Artemis by Anne Waldman
How I Became Biblical by Anne Waldman
Makeup On Empty Space by Anne Waldman
Ode To Two Sisters In The Sun by Nellie Wong
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About the Author

JANINE CANAN MD, Stanford and NYU Medical School graduate, is a psychiatrist and the author of ten books of poetry. These include Her Magnificent Body, Changing Woman, the award-winning anthology She Rises like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets, the translations Star in My Forehead: Selected Poems by Else Lasker-Schueler, and The Rhyme of the Ag-Ed Mariness: Last Poems of Lynn Lonidier (edited by Canan).

Canan's work has appeared in countless journals and dozens of anthologies, notably New Directions, Up Late, American Poets Say Goodbye to the Twentieth Century, The Divine Feminine, From the Realm of the Ancestors, Get Well Wishes, and Her Words. She has given poetry performances at the Smithsonian, Rutgers, CUNY, Elliott Bay Books, Powell Books, University of California Art Museum, Shakespeare & Co in Paris, as well as on radio and television.

In the Palace of Creation: Selected Works 1969—1999 by Janine Canan, and a collection of Canan’s short stories, Journeys with Justine, are forthcoming.

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Crossing Pr (May 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895943522
• ISBN-13: 978-0895943521
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,687,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JANINE CANAN was born in Los Angeles and today lives in Sonoma. She attended Stanford cum laude, University of California at Berkeley and New York University School of Medicine, and for over thirty years has been a practicing psychiatrist. Her first book of poems received a National Endowment from the Arts grant. Since then, she has published 18 books of poetry, translations, anthologies, essays and stories. She translated the poets Else Lasker-Schüler and Francis Jammes, and edited award-winning anthologies of the teachings of Indian humanitarian Amma, and contemporary American Goddess poetry. Her work appears in anthologies by Andrei Codrescu, Andrew Harvey, James Laughlin, June Cotner and many others; and has been featured by American Booksellers, City Lights, Small Press Review, and Spirituality & Health. Visit JanineCanan.com for more information.