Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write

by Gayle Brandeis

Overview

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

A sumptuous, sensuous writing guide from the author of the award-winning The Book of Dead Birds

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060587185
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/04/2004
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	672,750
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Gayle Brandeis is the author of  The Book of Dead Birds, the winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize, an award in support of a literature of social change. Reviewers have highly praised this, her first novel, and Toni Morrison said: "It has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents."  She is also the author. Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write. 

What People are Saying About This

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

"Gayle Brandeis shows us how to write sense-soaked prose and poetry that celebrates the embodiment of the life!

Susan Perry

“Anyone immersing herself in Fruitflesh is sure to find her writing liberated, and enriched by the many stimulating exercises.”

Donna M. Gershten

“THE BOOK OF DEAD BIRDS is a story of healing—a skillful, textured weaving of dark and light.”

Editorial Reviews

Fruitflesh calls for some very juicy feasting!

author of Succulent Wild Woman Sark

Lyrical, imaginative, beautifully crafted, and deeply intelligent. Before anything else, its characters take you by the heart.

Barbara Kingsolver on The Book of Dead Birds

Anyone immersing herself in Fruitflesh is sure to find her writing liberated, and enriched by the many stimulating exercises.

Susan Perry

A moving and perceptive first novel.

O magazine on The Book of Dead Birds

[It] has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents.

Toni Morrison

"Gayle Brandeis shows us how to write sense-soaked prose and poetry that celebrates the embodiment of the life!"

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

THE BOOK OF DEAD BIRDS is a story of healing—a skillful, textured weaving of dark and light.

Donna M. Gershten

Lyrical, imaginative, beautifully crafted, and deeply intelligent. Before anything else, its characters take you by the heart.” %COMM_CONTRIB%Barbara Kingsolver on The Book of Dead Birds

"Gayle Brandeis shows us how to write sense-soaked prose and poetry that celebrates the embodiment of the life!"

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

[It] has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents.

Toni Morrison on The Book of Dead Birds

"Fruitflesh calls for some very juicy feasting!"

Author of Succulent Wild Woman - Sark