The Distaff Side

by Mary Leader

"Needlework, as this brilliant book makes plain, has been trivialized and dismissed as mere "women's work." The poems here, however, present the powerful counterpoint that work with the needle, from the flame-stitch to embroidery, is both a skill and a foundation for female artistic expression. It is a hands-on art, passed from woman to woman through the generations. Such passage also entails the vital connections to selfhood, history, meaning,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848618069
• ISBN13: 9781848618060
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"