More Than Things
eBook - ePub

More Than Things

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

More Than Things

About this book

More Than Things is a collection of essays on a variety of political, cultural, and literary issues, all linked by Margaret Randall's attention to power: its use, misuse, and impact on how we live our lives. There are texts on sex, fashion, food, LGBT rights, automobiles, forgiving, women's self-image, writing, books, and more. Two of the essays provide glimpses into present-day Cuba and Tunisia. She reflects on her family; her romantic partners; and the revolutionaries, writers, artists, and activists she has known personally and admired: Roque Dalton, Meridel LeSueur, and Haydée Santamaría.

Randall's writings move in unexpected directions, evoked by the "things" and ideas in her life: objects picked up around the world, her children's names, family heirlooms, artistic practices, dreams, poems, and memories. Elegantly weaving together the personal and the political, More Than Things is a tour de force by one of America's most formidable and elegiac writers and political activists.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Shaping My Words
  9. Things
  10. Roque Dalton
  11. Closing the Gap
  12. What’s in a Name?
  13. New Map of Wonder to Explore
  14. Horizon
  15. Sex
  16. Wheels
  17. Our Table
  18. What Am I Going to Wear?
  19. Do You Really Believe All That?
  20. The Courage It Takes
  21. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
  22. Lord Power
  23. There’s Plenty of Time for That Later
  24. What Are They Afraid Of?
  25. Too Late Because
  26. Keeping Us Safe
  27. Passports and Me
  28. Forgiver’s Dilemma
  29. Going Places
  30. Cuban Postcards
  31. Tunisian Postcards
  32. Goose Quill to Thought-Capture, Stopping at Books
  33. Coyote Grin
  34. “Star Built Memory,” Last Words of Meridel LeSueur
  35. Not for Myself
  36. Notes
  37. About the Author
  38. Other Works by Margaret Randall

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