Sisters of the Extreme: Women Writing on the Drug Experience
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0892817577 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kayla Rigney said Stick with the original. It's better.. Let's get one thing straight right off the bat, Sisters of the Extreme is a "reissue" of 198"Stick with the original. It's better." according to Kayla Rigney. Let's get one thing straight right off the bat, Sisters of the Extreme is a "reissue" of 1982's Shaman Woman, Mainline Lady -- cut, streamlined and reformatted beyond all recognition. Evidently, the authors took the edge off their book for a more "conservative" era -- either that, or they assume their reader's minds have been so numbed by drugs that we NE. 's Shaman Woman, Mainline Lady -- cut, streamlined and reformatted beyond all recognition. Evidently, the authors took the edge off their book for a more "conservative" era -- either that, or they assume their reader's minds have been so numbed by drugs that we NE. SISTERS Give The Wildest Ride Being on the fringe of consensual reality and yet being able to take some notes of the journeys beyond, is an awesome gift. The stories in SISTERS OF THE EXTREME are such gifts of the God-Us. I have the original SHAMAN WOMAN, MAINLINE LADY and went through my contribution, line for line, and the only difference noted was my photo had shrunk in this new, r. A fine survey of women whose lives were changed by drugs. Midwest Book Review Sisters Of The Extreme is an informative and engaging presentation of famous female authors who write about the drug experience includes a variety of works from such notables as Bronte, Alcott, Di Prima, and more. Writings from historical works through modern times are gathered in Sisters Of The Extreme, a fine survey of the lives and experiences of women
But the selections in this anthology--penned by such famous names as Billie Holiday, Anais Nin, Maya Angelou, and Carrie Fisher--show us that the real experiences of women are anything but stereotypical. The media has given us an enduring, but inaccurate, stereotype of a female drug user: passive, addicted, exploited, degraded, promiscuous. But wherever their trips have left them, these women have lived courageously--if sometimes dangerously--and written about their journeys eloquently.. • An anthology of writings by some of the most influential women in history on the often misunderstood and misrepresented female drug experience.• With great honesty, bra
From Library Journal The two books under review report on the use of various drugs, from opium to ecstasy, throughout the ages. Lib., CUNY Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. . With Sisters of the Extreme, Palmer and Horowitz (coeditors of Moksha: Aldous Huxley's Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience) have updated their 1982 anthology, Shaman Woman, Mainline Lady. Following a historical introduction, the authors present firsthand accounts of women on drugs, from Victorian times to the present. Burroughs and Henri Michaux, it quickly veers off into broader matters. Their stories range from sordid tales of heroin