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Title Double lives : writing and motherhood / edited by Shannon Cowan, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Cathy Stonehouse
Published Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents Preface / Marni Jackson -- Introduction / Shannon Cowan, Fiona Tinwei Lam and Cathy Stonehouse -- Room to Write -- Drafts 1-12 (Not Including 11) / Jane Silcott -- Crib and the Desk / Denise Roig -- Motherhood and Other Possibilities / Susan Musgrave -- Opposing Forces / Cori Howard -- Double Life / Robyn Sarah -- Becoming a Writer -- My Breasts Had Become Eyes / Di Brandt -- Other Is the Longest Part of Mothering / Catherine Owen -- Mother, Writing / Luanne Armstrong -- Elements / Fiona Tinwei Lam -- & in our languages, mother is the land / Sharron Proulx-Turner -- Mothering First -- Mum's Guide to Outer Space / Catherine Kirkness -- Sun Knows What It Does / Deirdre Maultsaid -- Wearing Different Hats / Theresa Shea -- Transformations / Stephanie Bolster -- Muse -- Mama's Voices / Susan Olding -- Joshua Stone / Anne Simpson -- Motherhood and the Muses / Noreen Shanahan -- Dreams: The First, Irreplaceable Maps / Elizabeth Greene -- Mother to Vision / Sally Ito -- Only a Day to Visit / Linda Spalding -- Words of Advice -- Record of a Live Birth, and Other Stories / Joanne Arnott -- Stretch Marks / Renee Rodin -- Motherlodes, Muses, Mapmakers / Janice Kulyk Keefer -- Letters to a Young Mother Who Writes / Rachel Rose
Summary "Double Lives is a compelling and exciting collection of twenty-five original personal essays about the challenges and synergies of pursuing the passion to write and having a family. From seasoned professional to noteworthy new talents, the authors in this collection make a significant and illuminating contribution to our understanding of how writer and mother co-exist."--Jacket
Analysis JSTOR-DDA
Women authors, Canadian (English) 20th century Family relationships
Women authors, Canadian (English) 20th century Biography
Motherhood and the arts Canada
Children of authors Canada
Motherhood Canada
Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Motherhood and the arts -- Canada
Children of authors -- Canada
Motherhood -- Canada
Women authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Family relationships
Women authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Authorship.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Women authors, Canadian
Children of authors
Motherhood
Motherhood and the arts
Schriftstellerin
Mutterschaft
Kind
Canada
Kanada
Genre/Form Electronic books
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Stonehouse, Cathy
Lam, Fiona Tinwei, 1964-
Cowan, Shannon, 1973-
ISBN 9780773574595
077357459X
1282864491
9781282864498