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== A Valerie Taylor Photo Album == | == A Valerie Taylor Photo Album == | ||
from the Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University | from the Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University | ||
[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/eguides/manuscripts/7627+/index.htm] | [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/eguides/manuscripts/7627+/index.htm] | ||
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== Early Life == | == Early Life == | ||
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| + | == In Her Own Words == | ||
| + | ''The Sweet Little Old Gray-Haired Lady in Sneakers'' | ||
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| + | Valerie Taylor, 1979 | ||
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| + | I am a woman | ||
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| + | a poet | ||
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| + | poor | ||
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| + | handicapped | ||
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| + | radical | ||
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| + | Indian | ||
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| + | Over seventy | ||
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| + | An eight-time loser. | ||
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| + | How shalI l not be a revolutionary? | ||
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| + | How shalI l not see | ||
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| + | My sister in every woman, | ||
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| + | My brother in any man, | ||
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| + | My child to cherish in every child? | ||
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| + | When they dragged Jane Kennedy into solitary | ||
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| + | that was my arm the cops were twisting. | ||
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| + | When they dropped napalm on the rice paddies | ||
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| + | that was my skin on fire, | ||
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| + | That was my blood running out hot and sticky. | ||
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| + | Goddess, | ||
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| + | Give me eight kinds of strength to fight back. | ||
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| + | == Bibliography == | ||
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| + | Brandt, Kate. Valerie Taylor: Writing Since the 1950s and Still Going Strong, ''Happy Endings: Lesbian Writers Talk About their Lives and Work''. Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press, 1993. | ||
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| + | Corinne, Tee. ''Valerie Taylor: A Resource Book'', The Estate of Valerie Taylor, 1999; Valerie Taylor Papers, Rare and Manuscripts Collections, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. | ||
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| + | Corinne, Tee and Caroline Overman, Valerie Taylor Interview, ''Common Lives/Lesbian Lives'' No. 25 (Winter 1988): 23-34. | ||
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| + | D’Emilio, John. A Woman For All Generations, ''Windy City Times'', August 6, 2008 (see Link below) | ||
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| + | ______________. Pulp Madness, ''Windy City Times'', July 23, 2008 (see Link below) | ||
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| + | Gallo, Marcia. Eight Kinds of Strength: A Tribute to Valerie Taylor, Lesbian Writer and Revolutionary, ''New Politics'' Vol. XII, No. 2 (Winter 2009): 136-139. | ||
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| + | Grier, Barbara. Introduction, in Valerie Taylor, ''Whisper Their Love''. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2006; | ||
| + | orig. pub. by Fawcett World Library, 1957. | ||
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| + | Keller, Yvonne. ‘Was It Right to Love Her Brother’s Wife So Passionately?’ Lesbian Pulp Novels and U.S. Lesbian Identity, 1950-1965. ''American Quarterly'', Volume 57, No. 2, June 2005. | ||
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| + | Weitzman, Erica. “Pulp Friction,” October 9, 2003 http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/feminist-pulp-novels (Accessed November 11, 2011) | ||
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| + | Links: | ||
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| + | John D'Emilio, "A Woman For All Generations" | ||
| + | [[http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/John_D%27Emilio,_%22A_Woman_for_All_Generations,%22_1930s_-_1990s]] | ||
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| + | John D'Emilio, "Pulp Madness" | ||
| + | [http://outhistory.org/wiki/John_D%27Emilio,_%22Pulp_Madness,%22_1950_-_1970] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:14, 22 December 2011
A Valerie Taylor Photo Album
from the Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University [1]
Early Life
College
Marriage
Career
Political Activism
In Her Own Words
The Sweet Little Old Gray-Haired Lady in Sneakers
Valerie Taylor, 1979
I am a woman
a poet
poor
handicapped
radical
Indian
Over seventy
An eight-time loser.
How shalI l not be a revolutionary?
How shalI l not see
My sister in every woman,
My brother in any man,
My child to cherish in every child?
When they dragged Jane Kennedy into solitary
that was my arm the cops were twisting.
When they dropped napalm on the rice paddies
that was my skin on fire,
That was my blood running out hot and sticky.
Goddess,
Give me eight kinds of strength to fight back.
Bibliography
Brandt, Kate. Valerie Taylor: Writing Since the 1950s and Still Going Strong, Happy Endings: Lesbian Writers Talk About their Lives and Work. Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press, 1993.
Corinne, Tee. Valerie Taylor: A Resource Book, The Estate of Valerie Taylor, 1999; Valerie Taylor Papers, Rare and Manuscripts Collections, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Corinne, Tee and Caroline Overman, Valerie Taylor Interview, Common Lives/Lesbian Lives No. 25 (Winter 1988): 23-34.
D’Emilio, John. A Woman For All Generations, Windy City Times, August 6, 2008 (see Link below)
______________. Pulp Madness, Windy City Times, July 23, 2008 (see Link below)
Gallo, Marcia. Eight Kinds of Strength: A Tribute to Valerie Taylor, Lesbian Writer and Revolutionary, New Politics Vol. XII, No. 2 (Winter 2009): 136-139.
Grier, Barbara. Introduction, in Valerie Taylor, Whisper Their Love. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2006; orig. pub. by Fawcett World Library, 1957.
Keller, Yvonne. ‘Was It Right to Love Her Brother’s Wife So Passionately?’ Lesbian Pulp Novels and U.S. Lesbian Identity, 1950-1965. American Quarterly, Volume 57, No. 2, June 2005.
Weitzman, Erica. “Pulp Friction,” October 9, 2003 http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/feminist-pulp-novels (Accessed November 11, 2011)
Links:
John D'Emilio, "A Woman For All Generations" [[2]]
John D'Emilio, "Pulp Madness" [3]
