Sisters of the Extreme
Women Writing on the Drug Experience, Including Charlotte Bronte, Louisa May Alcott, Anais Nin, Maya Angelou, Billie Holiday, Nina Hagen, Carrie Fisher, and Others
$90.54
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2000
Summary
• 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, bravery, and frankness, women from diverse backgrounds write about their drug experiences.
Women have been experimenting with drugs since prehistoric times, and yet published accounts of their views on the drug experience have been relegated to either antiseptic sociological studies or sensationalized stories sp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892817573 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0892817577 |
| Author: | Cynthia Palmer, Michael Horowitz |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Park Street Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 767g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 210mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“This lively introduction to a relatively neglected topic is recommended for larger public and academic libraries.”
“The richness of subjective materials is exquisite. Many drug researchers tend to forget that the subjective experience is the raison d’etre for drug use. Books like this one are an important counterbalance to the objective checklists of clincians. The book contains some of the best expositions of sensory detail this reviewer has ever read.” * Journal of Psychoactive Drugs *“This lively introduction to a relatively neglected topic is recommended for larger public and academic libraries.” * William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY, Library Journal *“It is amazingly complete. This book is an unfolding of layer after layer of experience… . a book for reference, for spiritual openings, for delight in reading.” * *“An informative and engaging presentation of famous female authors who write about the drug experience.” * James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review *“Sisters of the Extreme is a great collection and well worth a read, for those who like great literature and who are interested in Woman/Gender Studies.” * Psychedelic Press UK, January 2013 *
About The Author
Cynthia Palmer
Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz are longtime drug historians and the directors of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, the nation’s largest private collection of drug literature. They are also the editors of Moksha: Aldous Huxley’s Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience. Mr. Horowitz is the editor of Timothy Leary’s Chaos and Cyberculture and a bibliography of his writings.
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