Alta (poet) Quotes

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Feminism is not being ashamed of being a woman and not using woman as a swear word. It also means not hating women you don't approve of simply because you don't approve of them. Finally, I think it means turning to women for comfort and when you have comfort to give, sharing it with women.

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Why do you write they ask
why do you breathe i ask.

Alta

Wires instead of veins. that's what writers are made of. We get these electric demands & if we don't co-operate, we don't get to go to sleep. wired. Coffee nerves without the coffee.

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Alta

Alta

Born: May 22, 1942

Died: March 10, 2024 (aged 81)

Bio: Alta Gerrey was a British-American poet, prose writer, and publisher, best known as the founder of the feminist press Shameless Hussy Press and editor of the Shameless Hussy Review.

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