To Change the World My Years in Cuba by MargaretRandall Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4432-8, ISBN: 0-8135-4432-7
"In To Change the World, the legendary writer and poet Margaret Randall chronicles her decade in Cuba from 1969 to 1980. Both a highly personal memoir and an examination of the revolution's great achievements and painful mistakes, the book paints a portrait of the island during a difficult, dramatic, and exciting time.Randall gives readers an inside look at her children's education, the process through which new law was enacted, the ins ..."
Sandino's Daughters(Updated) Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle by MargaretRandall, Lynda Yanz Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 1995 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-2214-2, ISBN: 0-8135-2214-5
""A collection of varied and amazing lives, all bent on shaping history. Together, these experienced, undeterred Nicaraguan women offer powerful clues about a truly revolutionary and democratizing feminism."––Adrienne Rich"If it were not for writers like Margaret, how would women around the world find each other when there is such an institutional effort to keep us apart and silent? Here Margaret brings us the voice of Sandino's daughter ..."
Sandino's Daughters Revisited(1st Edition) Feminism in Nicaragua by MargaretRandall Paperback, 334 Pages, Published 1994 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-2025-4, ISBN: 0-8135-2025-8
""A collection of varied and amazing lives, all bent on shaping history. Together, these experienced, undeterred Nicaraguan women offer powerful clues about a truly revolutionary and democratizing feminism." --Adrienne Rich "Powerful, moving, and challenging. Everyone interested in decency and justice will want to read Sandino's Daughters Revisited." --Blanche Wiesen Cook "If it were not for writers like Margaret, how would women aroun ..."
"Taking part in the Cuban Revolution's first armed action in 1953, enduring the torture and killings of her brother and fiance, assuming a leadership role in the underground movement, and smuggling weapons into Cuba, Haydee Santamaria was the only woman to participate in every phase of the Revolution. Virtually unknown outside of Cuba, Santamaria was a trusted member of Fidel Castro's inner circle and friend of Che Guevara. Following the ..."
"A poetry collection about connectivity, this book suggests that humankind is linked by its concerns for global human rights and a sustainable global climate. Named for a root system that connects seemingly separate plants, like a stand of aspen trees, this compilation seeks to celebrate common human roots."
Che on My Mind by MargaretRandall Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-5592-2, ISBN: 0-8223-5592-2
"Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevara by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. Recalling an era and this figure, she writes, "I am old enough to remember the world in which [Che] lived. I was part of that world, and it remains a part of me." Randall participated in the Mexican student movement of 1968 and eventually was forced to leave the country. She arrived in Cuba ..."
Stones Witness (Paperback) by MargaretRandall Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Arizona Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-2643-7, ISBN: 0-8165-2643-5
"Margaret Randall. Rabbitbrush Green It began when I was four or five, in the
square book you carried as you returned from work one night. Up the ... The book
resembled those sister volumes you'd given me before, about the Pennsylvania
Dutch and Amish — the first, I learned, industrious; the second, a people with
black ..."
"Margaret Randall describes her long love affair with the Grand Canyon as dating to the summer of 1947 when, lying about her age, her father took her down its trails by mule. Since then, she has returned more than a hundred times to explore its rims, hiking trails, river and side canyons. The poems that make up Into Another Time: Grand Canyon Reflections draw on these experiences as well as on additional research and countless conversati ..."
""Randall, feminist author/biographer of Latin American revolutionary women, documents the extraordinary stories of Nora Miselem Rivera and Maria Suarez Toro, 'disappeared' by the Honduran military in 1982, and released. They are an eye-opening exception to the tragic numbers of permanently 'disappeared' Latin Americans. The book breaks the silences surrounding this event: first, the silences around Honduras's largely unexplored counteri ..."
The Shape of Red(1st Edition) Insider/Outsider Reflections by Ruth Hubbard, MargaretRandall Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 1989 by Cleis Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-939416-18-9, ISBN: 0-939416-18-2
""A collection of varied and amazing lives, all bent on shaping history. Together, these experienced, undeterred Nicaraguan women offer powerful clues about a truly revolutionary and democratizing feminism."––Adrienne Rich"If it were not for writers like Margaret, how would women around the world find each other when there is such an institutional effort to keep us apart and silent? Here Margaret brings us the voice of Sandino's daughter ..."
Che on My Mind by MargaretRandall Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-5578-6, ISBN: 0-8223-5578-7
"Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevara by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. Recalling an era and this figure, she writes, "I am old enough to remember the world in which [Che] lived. I was part of that world, and it remains a part of me." Randall participated in the Mexican student movement of 1968 and eventually was forced to leave the country. She arrived in Cuba ..."
More Than Things by MargaretRandall Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-4590-7, ISBN: 0-8032-4590-4
"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 ..."
My Fourpenny Jesus by MargaretRandall Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 2011 by Hanover Books ISBN-13: 978-1-907897-01-6, ISBN: 1-907897-01-1
"My Fourpenny Jesus is a collection of personal poems and stories written over a lifetime. Jesus has always been a great source of inspiration to Margaret Randall through the years and many of her poems explore her deep Christian faith. Other pieces also express her love of animals and her observations of people she has met over the years. Written with a simple, highly personal style they show glimpses of Margaret's life through good tim ..."
Walking to the Edge(1st Edition) Essays of Resistance by MargaretRandall Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 by South End Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89608-397-4, ISBN: 0-89608-397-7
"When, after Roque's death, these clandestine poems, as they've been called,
were finally published in book form, one could trace the poet's ongoing
commitment to dealing with a whole series of continued and pertinent concerns:
sexism, the spiritual side of Marxism, the peasant ideology, and the dialectics of
struggle, among others. And Dalton, when he was murdered by extremist
members of his own political organization (May 10, 1975 ..."
Gathering Rage The Failure of 20th Century Revolutions to Develop a Feminist Agenda by MargaretRandall Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1999 by Monthly Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85345-861-6, ISBN: 0-85345-861-8
"Margaret Randall. 3. Ruth Hubbard, The Politics of Women's Biology (New
Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990). 4. Elayne Rapping, “Self-help
Bubble Drifts in Apolitical Ether,” The Guardian, 6 May 1992. The full quote is: “
While understandable as a response to a difficult political era, the recovery
movement (useful, even life-saving as it may be for many in the most immediate
sense) is, as a political philosophy, a mystif ..."
"Cover design by Patrick David Barber Cover photograph by Margaret Randall
Author photograph by Guy Mendes Book ... Another America = Otra América / con
traducción Español por Rebeca Cartes. ... made for the use of excerpts from the
following copyrighted material: Lyrics from "(Nothing But) Flowers" by David
Byrne."
"On July 19, 1979 the Nicaraguan people, under the banner of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, overthrew the 40-year-long Somoza family tyranny. Amongst those playing major roles in this popular revolution were many of the nation's leading poets and writers. Today, these men and women are focusing their creativity on the tasks of constructing a new nation and a new Nicaraguan culture. Through these interviews with 14 of Nicaragua ..."
"The Most Urgent Literary Anthology of the 21st Centurywe can’t build a wall. we can only spout pure water again and again and drown his lies. Eileen MylesRacism, xenophobia, misogyny and their related malaises are to the U.S. what whiskey is to an alcoholic. The current occupant of the White House won the election yipping, against possible recovery, “Drinks are on me!” The rich, multitudinous voices in this anthology variously ..."