You Look Good for Your Age: An Anthology (Robert Kroetsch Series) - Softcover

Rona Altrows

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772125326 ISBN 13: 9781772125320

Publisher: University of Alberta Press (CA), 2021

Synopsis

You Look Good for Your Age is a collection of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry about ageism by 29 women writers ranging in age from forties to nineties. The anthology responds to a culture that values youth and that positions aging in women as a failure. Questions arise. What effects do negative social assumptions have on women as they age? What messages about aging do we pass on to our daughters? The collection includes personal essays, short stories, poetry, and hybrid pieces, and ranges in tone from serious to whimsical to satirical to angry. Contributors: Rona Altrows, Debbie Bateman, Moni Brar, Maureen Bush, Sharon Butala, Jane Cawthorne, Joan Crate, Dora Dueck, Cecelia Frey, Ariel Gordon, Elizabeth Greene, Vivian Hansen, Joyce Harries, Elizabeth Haynes, Paula Kirman, Joy Kogawa, Laurie MacFayden, JoAnn McCaig, Wendy McGrath, E.D. Morin, Lisa Murphy Lamb, Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Olyn Ozbick, Roberta Rees, Julie Sedivy, Madelaine Shaw-Wong, Anne Sorbie, Aritha van Herk, Laura Wershler

About this title

About the Author

Rona Altrows is an editor, fiction writer, essayist, and playwright. With Naomi K. Lewis, she co-edited Shy (UAlberta Press), and with Julie Sedivy she co-edited Waiting (UAlberta Press), both theme-based anthologies. Her most recent work of fiction is At This Juncture and her website is www.ronaaltrows.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press (CA)
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1772125326
• ISBN 13: 9781772125320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Rona Altrows