To Live in the Center of the Moment
Author | : Barbara Frey Waxman |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0813917573 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780813917573 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Waxman (English, U. of North Carolina) compares autobiographical writings that cover themes related to aging, namely the relationships between elderly parents and middle-aged children, the experience of turning 70, the role of race, philosophical insights and quasi- mystical experiences by the aging, and the representation of elders as sages and sibyls. She discusses works by Philip Roth, Madeleine L'Engle, Lucille Clifton, Doris Grumbach, May Sarton, Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Velma Wallis, Howell Raines, Donald Hall, and Florida Scott- Maxwell. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR