{"id":48732,"date":"2016-08-16T15:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T01:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=48732"},"modified":"2018-07-23T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T02:08:57","slug":"womens-anthology-encourages-cross-gender-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/08\/16\/womens-anthology-encourages-cross-gender-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s anthology encourages cross-gender understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"Ms.<\/p>\n

Ms.<\/abbr> Aligned: Women Writing About Men<\/em> attempts to represent men through works of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art created by women. Funded by the SEED<\/abbr> IDEAS office of the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa, the anthology is edited by Pat Matsueda<\/strong> and Sheyene Foster Heller<\/strong> and features the literary and visual art of twenty women.<\/p>\n

Contributors to Ms.<\/abbr> Aligned<\/em> include five University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> graduates: Naomi Long Eagleson, Adele Ne Jame, Angela Nishimoto, Phyllis Gray Young and Matsueda<\/strong>. Ne Jame, Nishimoto and Young received both their undergraduate and master\u2019s degrees at The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa. Ne Jame is a professor of English at Hawaiʻi<\/span> Pacific University and Nishimoto a lecturer in botany at Leeward Community College. Young’s selection, “Joaquim,” is from her master\u2019s thesis, a novel based in part on the research of her husband, Richard Young<\/strong>, professor emeritus in oceanography. Mary Archer<\/strong>, a senior in English at 东精影业<\/abbr> Mānoa, also has work in Ms.<\/abbr>. Aligned<\/em>: a suite of poems that memorialize the teaching of Robert McHenry<\/strong>, former 东精影业<\/abbr> Mānoa English professor.<\/p>\n

Laura Lyons<\/strong> (former chair of the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa English department and now CLLL<\/abbr> interim dean) says of the book’s focus, “We often discuss the problems that attend male writers’ attempts to capture women and feminine consciousness, but little focus has been given when the writing takes the reverse trajectory. For this reason, I expect that this anthology will be of great use to those in women’s and gender studies, creative writing and English courses more generally. In addition, many of the pieces reveal the intersectionality of gender with race and class, so the anthology will also be of use to faculty and students in American and ethnic studies programs as well.”<\/p>\n

Samrat Upadhyay<\/strong> (University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa English Ph.D., 1999) says of the book, “The poems and stories and conversations in Ms.<\/abbr> Aligned<\/em> pay homage to the complex relationships between men and women. The female perspectives presented here\u2014male creations\/female creators\u2014dissect, prod, query, challenge, validate, negotiate, and, ultimately, emancipate the gender boundaries that we otherwise take for granted.”<\/p>\n

Get Ms.<\/abbr> Aligned<\/em><\/h2>\n

Ms. Aligned<\/em> is available as a PDF<\/abbr> file from Lulu.com<\/a> for $4.99. In fall 2015, SEED<\/abbr> IDEAS awarded the project $2,500 to cover production and editorial expenses.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit https:\/\/msaligned2015.wordpress.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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