Fiction. Poetry. Nancy Boutillier spent her childhood in black high-top sneakers. She told her fifth-grade teacher she was going to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, and when she realized she wasn't tall enough, she set her sights on being a poet. Nancy completed Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky; though a sharpshooter with an M-16 rifle, she still tends to dangle modifiers. She is currently a high-school English teacher, officiates basketball games and writes during half-time. She contributes regularly to the Bay Area Reporter, and her work has also appeared in Sphere, OUT/LOOK, Deneuve, and Girljock. Nancy hopes she is finally tall enough.

The contributions in this volume provide a critical assessment of the characteristics of common and new biomaterials used in orthopaedic and maxillo-facial surgery, with regard to their resistance to degradation and the associated biological responses of the human body. The topics covered include the properties of metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials, and their applications in modern surgery, particularly in the orthopaedic and dental fields. Their degradation is analysed in detail, from both the negative and positive aspects. Written by eminent scientists from a variety of basic and applied disciplines, the papers will be a useful and dynamic tool for those wishing to increase their knowledge of biomaterials, as well as providing a guide to recent literature in this field.

A collection of stories by the author of The Yellow Wallpaper features the complete text of 'Herland' and such short stories as 'Mrs. Elder's Idea' and 'The Unexpected.' Reissue. (view table of contents)

A collection of stories by the author of The Yellow Wallpaper features the complete text of 'Herland' and such short stories as 'Mrs. Elder's Idea' and 'The Unexpected.' Reissue. (view table of contents)

A new collection of fiction and poetry from a major voice in American feminism and literatureCharlotte Perkins Gilman was a turn-of-the-century American feminist and socialist thinker. In her works of fiction, Gilman sought to illustrate her ideas about the way American society squandered the talents and economic contributions of women. Based on the nervous breakdown she suffered during her own disastrous first marriage, The Yellow Wall-Paper is her classic story about a woman who goes mad when the rest-cure treatment she undergoes forbids her any kind of work.Herland, Gilman's most famous novel, is a feminist utopian comedy in which three men stumble upon a society of women that has banished men. Also included in this Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition is a selection of Gilman's poetry and other short fiction. Gilman scholar Denise D. Knight has written an enlightening Introduction that explores Gilman's use of the utopian form, satire, and fantasy to provide a critique of women's place in society and to propose creative solutions.

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Poems, stories, and essays describe the political and personal implications of being a gay chicana in modern America (view table of contents)

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Gathers selections from the eighteenth century British feminist's writings on the education of women, human rights, and the French Revolution

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Product Description: Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism.