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Old Enough : Southern Women Artists and Writers on Creativity and Aging

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Product Code: 9781588385185
ISBN13: 9781588385185
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In Old Enough, twenty-one women artists and writers write about the experience of aging. Gay, straight, unmarried, partnered, widowed, Black, white, Latinx, retired, and working, these women are not squeamish about the challenges of growing older, including ageism, health concerns, and loss. And they are frank about how received notions of female aging can be restrictive and diminishing. But in lyrical, sometimes wry, often inspiring essays they explore what growing older can offer: self-knowledge, insight, and acceptance. Striking portraits by award-winning photographer Carolyn Sherer, who is also a contributor to the volume, accompany each essay. At the heart of this invigorating collection is the bold championing of creative practice. Some contributors look back to their girlhood to recall their first powerful connections to art, while others show how they have refreshed their commitment to maintaining a practice. However, all are still driven to create and to investigate, to stay committed to the processes that work while finding new ways to stay creatively alive. Old Enough aims to honor the limitless variety, depth, and scope of being "old enough" and will resonate with readers who want to understand and find purpose, meaning, and comradery in their creative journey.


Author: Jay Lamar, Jennifer Horne
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Publication Date: May 01, 2024
Number of Pages: NA pages
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1588385183
ISBN-13: 9781588385185

Old Enough : Southern Women Artists and Writers on Creativity and Aging

$34.95
$31.66
Sale 9%
 
In Old Enough, twenty-one women artists and writers write about the experience of aging. Gay, straight, unmarried, partnered, widowed, Black, white, Latinx, retired, and working, these women are not squeamish about the challenges of growing older, including ageism, health concerns, and loss. And they are frank about how received notions of female aging can be restrictive and diminishing. But in lyrical, sometimes wry, often inspiring essays they explore what growing older can offer: self-knowledge, insight, and acceptance. Striking portraits by award-winning photographer Carolyn Sherer, who is also a contributor to the volume, accompany each essay. At the heart of this invigorating collection is the bold championing of creative practice. Some contributors look back to their girlhood to recall their first powerful connections to art, while others show how they have refreshed their commitment to maintaining a practice. However, all are still driven to create and to investigate, to stay committed to the processes that work while finding new ways to stay creatively alive. Old Enough aims to honor the limitless variety, depth, and scope of being "old enough" and will resonate with readers who want to understand and find purpose, meaning, and comradery in their creative journey.


Author: Jay Lamar, Jennifer Horne
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Publication Date: May 01, 2024
Number of Pages: NA pages
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1588385183
ISBN-13: 9781588385185
 

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