Marge Piercy epitomizes a feminist maxim: "The personal is political." In the essay "Mirror Images" (1980) Piercy writes, "My poetry appears to me at once more personal and universal than my fiction. ...
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Marge Piercy's reputation as an important fiction writer began with the appearance of her first published novel, Going Down Fast, in 1969. Especially with Gone to Soldiers (1987) and City of Darknes...
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Marge Piercy comments on societal norms and the gender clichés in which women are categorized by the generic males' ideals of perfection in her poem, "Barbie Doll" through the usage of several po...
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Marge Piercy
