Name/TitleMonster
MakerMorgan, Robin
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectPaperback publication titled 'MONSTER: poems by Robin Morgan'. The typed blurb reads: "BEWARE: BE WARY: THIS BOOK HAS BEEN BANNED! [underlined] This slim volume looks like poetry, but it is gelignite. It will explode inside your head. Robin Morgan is a prophet with a vision of the apocalypse. The women who conspired to publish it - monsters all - believe in Robin's vision and - so help us - we will make it a reality."
Includes insert in the form of a folded A3 typed sheet of more poems by Robin Morgan.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 219 x W: 153 mm
Date Made1972
Period1960s-1970s
Place MadeUSA
Publication Date1972
Publication PlaceUSA
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Morgan:
Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the international feminist movement. Her 1970 anthology Sisterhood Is Powerful was cited by the New York Public Library as "One of the 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century." She has written more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and was editor of Ms. magazine. During the 1960s, she participated in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements; in the late 1960s, she was a founding member of radical feminist organizations such as New York Radical Women and W.I.T.C.H. She founded or co-founded the Feminist Women's Health Network, the National Battered Women's Refuge Network, Media Women, the National Network of Rape Crisis Centers, the Feminist Writers' Guild, the Women's Foreign Policy Council, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Sisterhood Is Global Institute, GlobalSister.org, and Greenstone Women's Radio Network. She also co-founded the Women's Media Center with activist Gloria Steinem and actor/activist Jane Fonda. In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2024-32-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved