Moon Days : Creative Writings about Menstruation

by Cassie Premo Steele

• ISBN13: 9781887714402
• ISBN10: 1887714405
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Summerhouse Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction: By the Moon	9	(3)
Cassie Premo Steele
Preface: My Lips, Sealed for Your Protection	12	(14)
Holly Blackford
Section 1: Early Moons
The Lesson	26	(3)
Deb Olson
Peter's Creek	29	(6)
Christine Trzyna
Blood	35	(3)
Jane Eaton Hamilton
Blueberries	38	(4)
Jim Gorman
Sosi	42	(2)
Reva Sipser
Red	44	(6)
Karen Murphy
Section 2: Waxing Moons: Coming to Light
Flowing Roses	50	(4)
Leslie Sills
Reckoning the Red Days	54	(3)
Ashley S. Kaufman
Water Lessons	57	(19)
Martha Marinara
Once a Moon	76	(9)
Candis Graham
The Love of Cramps	85	(5)
Carmen Faymonville
Section 3: Full Moon Celebrations
Amazons in Appalachia	90	(9)
Awiakta
Creation Myths	99	(10)
Kate Ready
The Woman's Dinner	109	(4)
Margaret Perreault
On This Rainy Night: Every Girl's Birthright	113	(7)
Anonymous
The Story of the Moon Goddess	120	(10)
Trudelle Thomas
Section 4: Re-entering the Dark: Poetry and Prayer
A Quiet Understanding	130	(2)
Kristin Bryant
The Basics	132	(1)
Terren Ilana Wein
In the Garden	133	(1)
Terren Ilana Wein
The Mainstream	134	(2)
Barbara Crooker
Her Moon Phases	136	(3)
D.R. Windle
Nidah (Menstruant)	139	(1)
Janet Ruth Heller
Sacrament	140	(1)
Janet Ruth Heller
Rosh Chodesh	140	(2)
Nancy Shiffrin
a cycle of knowledge: blood/moon/grandmother/she who is	142	(6)
Hope Vilsick-Greenwell
Snow, Night, Death and Breath	148	(2)
Cassie Premo Steele
The Moon is a Mirror	150	(8)
Lyn Lifshin
The Gift of Being Female	158	(1)
Nan L. Bucknell
Endnotes	159	(5)
Bibliography	164	(3)
Contributors	167