Alta Gerrey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 Reno, Nevada |
| Died | March 10, 2024 (aged 81) Oakland, California[1] |
| Pen name | Alta |
| Genre | Poetry |
Alta Gerrey (born 1942, Reno, Nevada[2]) was a British-American poet, prose writer, and publisher,[3] best known as the founder of the feminist press Shameless Hussy Press and editor of the Shameless Hussy Review.[4] Her 1980 collection The Shameless Hussy won the American Book Award in 1981. She is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.[5][6]
- ^ Gilbert, Andrew. "Alta, 'Shameless Hussy' and Founder of Nation's First Feminist Press, Dies at 81". KQED. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Blain, Virginia; Clements, Patricia; Grundy, Isobel (1990). The feminist companion to literature in English: women writers from the Middle Ages to the present. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-5848-0. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ Cathy N. Davidson; Linda Wagner-Martin; Elizabeth Ammons, eds. (1995). The Oxford companion to women's writing in the United States. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506608-1.
- ^ Moore, Honor (March–April 2009). "After 'Ariel': Celebrating the poetry of the women's movement". Boston Review. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "The Women".
- ^ "The Film — She's Beautiful When She's Angry". Shesbeautifulwhenshesangry.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
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