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The Last Generation
Prose and Poetry
Cherríe Moraga
ISBN: 0-89608-467-1Format: cloth
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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This highly politicized and intensely personal work bravely and eloquently argues for a reconceptualization of gender, sexuality, race, art, nationalism, and the politics of survival.
Crossing literary genres and moving freely between Spanish and English, Moraga ruminates on her identity as a lesbian writer/activist and her role in the Chicano community, weaving a rich tapestry of ancestors, lovers, politics, poetry, and life on the streets. Ultimately, The Last Generation's fierce honesty and incisive political analysis offer more than an inspiring portrait of the struggle of an activist artist; they build a compelling case for a radical transformation of consciousness and society.
Praise
“Moraga boldly examines the meaning of being Chicana and lesbian in the
United States today.”
—Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Women's Review of Books
“Moraga demonstrates her virtuosity as a poet; and, as a poet, she brings
to her nonfiction essays images so hard, honest, and disturbing that her political
analysis is breathtakingly personal and immediate.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
Cherríe Moraga
Click here to view Cherríe Moraga's full Author PageCherríe Moraga is a poet, playwright and essayist, and the co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. She is the author of numerous plays including Shadow of a Man and Watsonville: Some Place Not Here (both won the Fund for New American Plays Award in 1991 and 1995, respectively) and Heroes and Saints, which earned the Pen West Award for Drama in 1992. Her plays have been anthologized in numerous collections and are also published in a three-volume series of collected works published by West End Press of Albuquerque, New Mexico, including The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea. Her collected non-fiction writings include: The Last Generation (South End Press); a memoir, Waiting in the Wings: Portrait of a Queer Motherhood (Firebrand Books); and a new expanded edition of the now classic Loving in the War Years, republished by South End Press in 2000. Ms. Moraga is also a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' Theatre Playwrights' Fellowship and is the Artist-in-Residence in the Departments of Drama and Spanish & Portuguese at Stanford University.