bertoldi@astro.Princeton.EDU (Frank Bertoldi) (06/16/91)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ********************************* * * * WALKING TO THE EDGE * * Essays of Resistance * * * * by Margaret Randall * * * * South End Press, Fall 1990 * * * ********************************* <from South End Press book catalog:> In this collection of essays and photographs, Margaret Randall draws powerful connections between three themes generally cast as disparate -- the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the people of Latin America, the female voice in art and literature as a vehicle for social change, and the need to break the silence around incest and other abuse. Making the link between the political invasion of a nation's sovereignty and the sexual invasion of a human body, Randall paints with bold strokes a vision that leads to human empowerment and liberation. In feminism we have retrieved our vulnerability and our strength, with shame for neither. One of the most important ways in which we pass this among oufselves and to others is through the revelation of process. We will no longer accept the patriarchal objectification of ourselves as product. We will be process. -- from "Down Dangerous Roads" In 1985, the Immigration and Naturalization Service refused to grant New York-born Randall U.S. residency status because of the political nature of her writings. Last year she won her battle against the INS, enabling her to live in the United States. In this collection's moving lead essay, "Coming Home: Peace Without Complacency," Randall reflects on her five-year struggle against censorship. Having "come home" to the United States -- a return qualified by having spent 23 years in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua -- Randall continues to develop the unique vantage point from which she views literature, politics, and activism. Her careful, lyrical style takes the reader down many dangerous roads, roads which those who care about the world must travel. Coming home must bring peace, but never complacency. ..I want to be able to place my anger when it belongs: squarely in the laps of those who, from positions of abusive power, would punish, stigmatize, harass and persecute. But I also want to remember the lessons: how people come together, what creativity is born in struggle, what faith is held in it. As I continue to build my bridges and walk across them, I am filled with the vision of the hands waving behind me and those reaching out to welcome me to the otherside. -- from "Coming Home" An essayist, journalist, poet, photographer and political activist, Margaret Randall resides in the foothills of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the author of over fifty books, including "The Shape of Red: Insider/Outsider Reflections" (with Ruth Hubbard), "This Is About Incest," and "Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle." Includes photos, 220 pages, 0-9608-397-7 $12.00 paper, 0-9608-398-5 $25.00 cloth. For a free catalog, or phone orders, call S.E.P. at 1-800-533-8478. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can directly access archived ACTIV-L book-lists, catalogs, and book reviews: To get a file named FILE NAME from the archiver (files are two words separated by a space), send the 1-line message GET FILE NAME ACTIV-L to: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET (Or: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU) Some of these files are: CIA BOOKLIST Books on the CIA with short descriptions REPRESS BOOKLIST Books on political repression/subversion SOUTH END The South End Press Catalog INSIDE LEAGUE Nazis and the World Anti-Communist League (Review) POLITICS RICHPOOR Republ. pundit's book, The Politics of Rich & Poor For a listing of files available with the GET command, use GET on the file ACTIV-L ARCHIVE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To submit a book review, summary, or ad, contact Frank Bertoldi [bertoldi@astro.princeton.edu] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -