Early Ripening: American Women's Poetry Now

From the cover: "This is a rich and exciting collection of contemporary women's poetry for the 1980s. Selected and introduced by Marge Piercy, and celebrating the diverse racial, ethnic and cultural experiences of poets from all over the United States, in includes such well known names as Meridel Le Sueur, Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich as wel as rising new poets like Joy Harjo, Celia Gilbert and Sharon Olds. Bringing together brand new poems and some of her own favorites, Marge Piercy shows that women are writing powerful, witty and moving poetry." Poems by over 60 poets with notes on each. 280 pages