Choice Words
A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays, Choice Words collects essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights. Twenty years in the making, the book spans continents and centuries.
Contributors include Ai, Amy Tan, Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, Desiree Cooper, Dorothy Parker, Gloria Naylor, Gloria Steinem, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jean Rhys, Joyce Carol Oates, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Mahogany L. Browne, Margaret Atwood, Ntozake Shange, Sharon Olds, Ursula Le Guin, and Vi Khi Nao.
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This Is The Place
In this breathtaking, thought-provoking collection, 30 women writers explore the idea of “home” in personal essays about neighbors, marriage, kids, sentimental objects, homelessness, domestic violence, solitude, immigration, gentrification, geography, and more.
Desiree Cooper’s contribution, “Away From Dangerous Things,” explores how home becomes a scary place for her mother with Alzheimer’s.
"These far-reaching and compelling essays go beyond time-honored examinations of gender and motherhood." --New York Times Book Review
This is the Place is available from Seal Press or Amazon
Detroit 1967
Desiree Cooper's essay "It Can Happen Here: Model City Once Again?" is the capstone on this evocative collection of essays that explore the 1967 rebellion, its origins, impacts and legacy.
Detroit 1967 is available from Wayne State University Press.
