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001 2014041570
003 DLC
005 20150912130402.0
008 150226s2015 nbu b 000 0aeng
010 $a 2014041570$z 2015931435
020 $a9780803280670 (paperback : alk. paper)
020 $z9780803280687 (epub)
020 $z9780803280694 (mobi)
020 $a9780803280700 (pdf)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aCT275.L5586$bA3 2015
082 00 $a974.7/91043092$aB$223
084 $aBIO026000$aBIO022000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLivingston, Sonja.
245 10 $aQueen of the fall :$ba memoir of girls & goddesses /$cSonja Livingston.
264 1 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[2015]
300 $aviii, 152 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aAmerican lives
520 $a"Whether pulled from the folds of memory, channeled through the icons of Greek mythology and Roman Catholicism, or filtered through the lens of pop culture, Sonja Livingston's Queen of the Fall considers the lives of women. Exploring the legacies of those she has crossed paths with in life and in the larger culture, Livingston weaves together strands of memory with richly imagined vignettes to explore becoming a woman in late 1980s and early 1990s America. Along the way, the award-winning memoirist brings us face-to-face with herself as an inner-city girl--trying to imagine a horizon beyond poverty, fearful of her fertility and the limiting arc of teenage pregnancy. Livingston looks at the lives of those she's known: friends who've gotten themselves into "trouble" and disappeared never to be heard from again, girls who tell their school counselor small lies out of necessity and pain, and a mother whose fruitfulness seems, at times, biblical. Livingston interacts with figures such as Susan B. Anthony, the Virgin Mary, and Ally McBeal to mine the terrain of her own femininity, fertility, and longing. Queen of the Fall is a dazzling meditation on loss, possibility, and, ultimately, what it means to be human"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Meditations on loss, poverty, and becoming a woman in late 1980s America, and what it means to be human"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
600 10 $aLivingston, Sonja.
600 10 $aLivingston, Sonja$xChildhood and youth.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y21st century$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen authors, American$vBiography.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.$2bisacsh