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Quilt stories /

Quilting was one of the few forms of creative expression open to past generations of women. Within the acceptable confines of making something "useful," these women stitched rather than penned their stories. Other artistic avenues have opened, but the writers gathered in this unique collec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Macheski, Cecilia, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The patchwork quilt / Annette (pseud.)
  • Excerpt from Natural resources / Adrienne Rich
  • Quilts / Robin Morgan
  • Looking at quilts / Marge Piercy
  • Celestial timepiece / Joyce Carol Oates
  • My grandmother's quilt / Paulette Jiles
  • The quilting party / T.S. Arthur
  • Excerpt from The minister's wooing / Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Miss Jones' quilting / Marietta Holley
  • A quilting bee in our village / Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
  • Aunt Jerusha's quilting party / Anonymous
  • Whitework, or Bride's quilt / Jane Wilson Joyce
  • Excerpt from Dougle wedding ring / Patricia Wendorf
  • The dream of washing quilts / Rebecca Cox Jackson
  • Gospel quilt / Alice MacGowan
  • Excerpt from Black April / Julia Peterkin
  • Everyday use / Alice Walker
  • Bible quilt, circa 1900 / Jane Wilson Joyce
  • Excerpt from How to make an American quilt / Whitney Otto
  • Rose of Sharon / Jane Wilson Joyce
  • Trifles / Susan Glaspell
  • Excerpt from The hangman's beautiful daughter / Sharyn McCrumb
  • Excerpt from The body in the kelp / Katherine Hall Page
  • Pieces to a quilt / Mari Sandoz
  • An honest soul / Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
  • Excerpt from Aunt Jane of Kentucky / Eliza Calvert Hall
  • The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield
  • Love life / Bobbie Ann Mason.