No More Masks!: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets

Rating:
Summary: the most amazing anthology of poetry i have ever read
Review: I'm a college student at Hollins University and this was one of my English books. I have never read an anthology that varied so much in subject and style. The compilation is truly magical and it represents a wide range of readers. Any woman can find something to relate to in it.

Rating:
Summary: Women and Poetry--does it get any better than this?
Review: This is an excellent collection of women poets in America. From classic feminist poets like Anne Sexton to beat poet Diane di Prima, this collection covers almost everyone who's anyone in 20th century women's poetry. One of the things I wish of this collection, however, is more late 20th century poets. While many of the poems included are from the latter part of the century, there are no poets featured who were born after 1960. As a young woman poet, I find it difficult to find women similar to myself in such an all-encompassing collection of women's poetry. I'd like to know who's publishing poetry now.

I think my favorite poem in this collection is "Why, Some of My Best Friends are Women" by Phyllis McGinley. It's a wonderful study of what women are versus what they are percieved to be by society.