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PARTISAN REVIEW
Through the Flower : My Struggle As A Woman Artist,
by Judy Chicago.
(Doubleday-54 pp. photographs.) A remarkable and original auto–
biography . Nowhere else so far have the problems of the woman painter been
so lucidly explored , through personal narrative, the politics of art and sex , the
history of female aesthetics. But the book is important also for the future of
education ; it examines the woman teacher/woman student relationship, the
imagery and skills and self-knowledge that can develop in a women 's studio ,
the reasons why she embarked on such teaching and its future possibilities .
Above all , this is the narrative of an important artist coming into her own .
ROBERT COLES
Red River to Appomattox,
Shelby Foote's third volume in his history of the
Civil War:
The Civil War : A Narrative
(Random House.) He is a novelist who
writes clear, incisive, analytical (not with the "psycho" attached) history. His
interest in psychology is sensitively worked into the narrative-no over–
wrought, flashy theories of " motivation ," "personality" and what have you.
MARGE PIERCY
Science Walks On Two Legs ,
by Science for the People. (Avon . Original
paperback.) This is the account of a trip to China by members of the organiza–
tion Science for the People .
It
is uncommonly interesting and contains a lot of
observations about an entirely different way of doing science that emphasizes
human usefulness .
The Jane Poems ,
by Kathleen Spivack. (Doubleday .) Kathleen Spivack's
second book is stunning. The poems are close to native oral blues and ballads
without being in any way imitative .
Voices From Wounded Knee
1973. (Akwesasne Notes .) A beautiful collection
of photographs, documents, interviews, chronology , from Wounded Knee .
These make a vividly human account , much of it in the words of the people
involved .
New Days,
by June Jordan . (Emerson Hall Publishers , Inc.) June Jordan has
come into the maturity of a rich and many voiced talent, subtle , powerful ,
and lyrical. Very strong collection .
