"Anger in a woman is akin to madness it felt like madness inside of me, it looked like madness to others," Erin Khar adds, in an incandescent, tightly written piece. "I intuitively embraced and supported other women's anger but struggled to claim my own," Jamison writes, in an essay previously published in The New York Times Magazine. Nearly all of these women have been instructed - consciously or not - to hide their anger. Often, these women's bodies have been violated, and the bodies struggle with containing or letting go of anger just as the people inside them do. Some essays, some experiences, overlap: angry fathers Audre Lorde the bright hot fury of adolescence and how the body is tangled up with anger. Every writer explains the particular pressure point for her own anger, be it misgendering, food, religious intolerance, chronic pain, or toxic family members. Some write poetically (Rios de la Luz) while others write practically (Lisa Factora-Borchers). Some writers lean more heavily on analysis (Leslie Jamison), while others lean on memoir (Minda Honey). "But this anthology is not about the things that make us angry it's about us, and all the many ways we feel and live with our anger."Įvery writer in the book completes that assignment in her own way. "I wanted these pages to sizzle and smoke with women's awesome rage," she states in her introduction. She is deeply involved in contemporary memoir, especially memoir shaped by women, and her experience and sharp eye make this anthology a thorough exploration of its topic. The social movements and events of the past five years have abraded the tarp millions of women have tied over their rage and, as this anthology demonstrates, that rage is starting to push through.īurn It Down's editor, Lilly Dancyger, is an editor at Catapult and Barrelhouse and a former editor at Narratively, and she spearheads the Memoir Monday project. It's an extraordinary collection of talent each essay is distinct from the next (although some themes overlap), and each takes a slightly different approach to the art of creative nonfiction - whether the essays are braided, factual, or lyric. So it's appropriate that Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger gathers 22 diverse writers to speak 22 different truths about the same topic. More than a single person could ever say, more than a single voice could ever explain. There is so much to say about women's anger. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Burn It Down Subtitle Women Writing About Anger Author Lilly Dancyger
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