Incountry Women Poets

Bibliography of Incountry Women Poets

(This bibliography includes books, journals and chapbooks. I have elected not to include articles from periodicals because I would just be repeating them from the bibliographies in the books below, and the poems in the articles are probably reprinted in the books. Some of these books will only have one or two poems by incountry women, that is how scant their publishing history is. For online women poets, follow the webring below.)

Borton, Lady. Sensing the Enemy. New York, NY: Dial Press, 1984.

Bowen, Kevin, Bruce Weigl, and Denise Levertov. Writing Between the Lines : An Anthology on War and Its Social Consequences. University of Massachusetts Press: 1997.

Davis, Cortney and Judy Schaeffer eds. Between the Heartbeats: Poetry & Prose by Nurses. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1995.

Deardorf, Barb and Diane DuPont, Linda Goodheart, Rhonda Prescott, and Ann Thompson. Another Kind Of War Story: Army Nurses Look Back To Vietnam. Lebanon, PA: Donald Byler Offset, 1993.

$15.00
AKOWS
1324 Oak Street
Lebanon, PA 17042

Franklin, H. Bruce ed. The Vietnam War : In American Stories, Songs, and Poems. St. Martins Press: 1996.

Gotera, Vince. Radical Visions: Poetry by Vietnam Veterans. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1994.

Gurvis, Sandra, ed. Fiction, Narrative & Poetry Swords Into Plowshares: Anthology of Antiwar Movement Literature. Tucson, AZ: Viet Nam Generation, 1991.

$15.00 from:
Viet Nam Generation
PO Box 13746
Tucson, AZ 85732-3746.

Hansel, Sarah, and Ann Steidle, Grace Zaczek, and Ron Zaczek, eds. Soldier's Heart: Survivors' Views of Combat Trauma. Lutherville, MD: The Sidran Press, 1995.

Mahoney, Phillip. From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War and its Aftermath. New York, NY: Scribner Poetry, 1998.

McMahon, Marilyn. Works in Progress. Seattle, WA: Marilyn M. McMahon, 1988.

_____. Works in Progress II. Seattle, WA: Marilyn M. McMahon, 1990.

VanDevanter, Lynda and Joan A. Furey, eds. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War. New York, NY: Warner Bros., Inc., 1991.

$13.50 for each copy (includes handling) to:
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.
2001 S Street, NW, Suite 302
Washington, DC 20009

Whitmarsh, Barbara Menghini, Edward C. Whitmarsh, Walter Price, and Stephen Ham, eds. INCOMING! Issues II. Aurora, MO: Hawk’s Nest Publishing, 1995.

Issues I-IV are $10.00 ea., Issue V is $12.00
Hawk's Nest Publishing
17396 Lawrence 2150
Aurora, MO 65605
417-678-3499
ewhitmarsh@houndawgnet.k12.mo.us

Whitmarsh, Barbara Menghini, Edward C. Whitmarsh, Walter Price, and Stephen Ham, eds. INCOMING! Issues III. Aurora, MO: Hawk’s Nest Publishing, 1996.

Whitmarsh, Barbara Menghini, Edward C. Whitmarsh, and Robert E. Hornocker eds. INCOMING! Issue IV. Aurora, MO: Hawk’s Nest Publishing, 1997.

Whitmarsh, Barbara Menghini, Edward C. Whitmarsh, eds. INCOMING! Issue V. Aurora, MO: Hawk’s Nest Publishing, 1998.

Criticism

Gioseffi, Daniela. "Women in the Light of Fire" American Book Review. Vol. 13 No. 6, Feb/Mar 1992, pp. 19, 31.

Gotera, Vince. Radical Visions: Poetry by Vietnam Veterans. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1994.

_____. "Reconciliation and Women’s Poetry" The United States and Viet Nam from War to Peace: Papers from an Interdisciplinary Conference on Reconciliation. Ed. Robert M. Slabey. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 1996.

Murphy, Sharman. "I thought My War Was Over: Women Poets of the Viet Nam War" Poetry Flash. Vol. 216, Mar 1991, pp. 1, 4.

Websites

Anderson, Diane . The Combat Nurse

Austin, Gwen. Writopia: National Poetry Month

Blum, Sarah Lean. The Vietnam Wall Experience 2001

Borton, Lady. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War

Drake, Judith. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War

Dusty. Dusty's Home Page

Emily. emily donut dollie

Evans, Diane Carlson. VWMP: Poems from Vietnam Veterans

Grant, Sharon. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War , ditto, ditto

Griffiths, Norma J. Normajean's Poetry

Hebert, Pauline. Echonyc

McMahon, Marilyn. Brown University: "Writing Vietnam" Conference
Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War

McVicker, Sarah. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War

Offutt, Karen. Karen Offutt

Prescott, Rhona Marie Knox Poem, 1990

Trew, Kathleen. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War

Trotter, Bobbie. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War

I am indebted to Vince Gotera’s bibliographies in compiling this list, in particular the section on criticism. Thanks to H. Bruce Franklin for reviewing my bibliography.

My Thanks to Graphic Artist Cheryl Boswell for the above webring graphic.
Here is a closer look. Thanks to Chris Bannigan and Sharon Cummings,
for the use of their photos and to Claire Starnes for the use of
Air Force photos from the Vietnam Women Veteran's website.

My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in Vietnam ~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale thru Amazon Worldwide!
Photos from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998

My Other Websites:
Chicago Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Literature of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go ~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary Lantern ~ Fire! Fire! Fire!

Other Important Websites:
Remember Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

France


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