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Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism
by Cynthia Dewi Oka, Joyce Peseroff, Laura Fairgrieve, Wendy Xu, Maureen McLane, Jill McDonough, Lauren Clark, Lauren K. Alleyne, Ada Limón, Stacey Waite, Laura Theobald, Denice Frohman, Achy Obejas, Jericho Brown, Sandra Beasley, Rachel Zucker, Tyehimba Jess, Anastacia-Renee, Jade Lascelles, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Ellen Hagan, Dorothea Lasky, Judith Baumel, Kimberly Johnson, Jacqueline Jones Lamon, Mahogany L. Browne, Amanda Johnston, Hope Wabuke, Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, Naomi Shihab Nye, francine j. harris, Patricia Smith, Anne Waldman, Kwame Dawes, Monika Zobel, Jenny Johnson, Rachel McKibbens, Ryka Aoki, Ruth Irupé Sanabria, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, Danielle Chapman, James Allen Hall, Elizabeth Acevedo, Christopher Soto, Karyna McGlynn, Mary Ruefle, Kaveh Akbar, Trish Salah
The title has a lot to do with the foundation of this book. What makes this feminist story different from older feminist reads, such as [b:Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics|168484|Feminism is for Everybody Passionate Politics|bell hooks|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327933698l/168484._SY75_.jpg|843092], is that it's "new feminism." It references current issues and discussions. If you compare this modern poetry to the older writings, it has a completely different voice. It's the difference between getting women equal rights and what to do once you have them. Also more jobs for women versus more jobs means sexual harassment in the workplace.
I admire the unabashed wordplay used in each poem. There's nothing boring about this book at all. It's breathtakingly free, so hopeful and pessimistic at the same time. I wanted to highlight every stanza because that's how beautiful each line was.
