Description
Edited by Diana Raab and Chryss Yost, Women in a Golden State includes poems and micro-essays from across California, ranging from awarded Poets Laureate to emerging writers who are finding new forms of expression. The collection examines the mythology and reality of being a woman of a certain age, especially in youth-obsessed California, inviting its readers to reconsider aging not as an end, but as an ongoing journey—one filled with beauty, strength, and boundless possibilities.
Contributors: Lisa Alvarez . Lori Anaya . Cynthia Anderson . Joan Annsfire . Debby Arrin . Virginia Barrett . Ellen Bass . Amy Bates . Donna Becker . Laurel Benjamin . Cynthia Bernard . Emily Bernhardt . Les Bernstein . Doreen Beyer . Kim Birdsong . Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte . Lisa Black . Amrita Skye Blaine . Lavina Blossom . Laure-Anne Bosselaar . Beverly Boyd . Susan Brandes . Lynne Bronstein . M.L. Brown . Susan Browne . Martha Browning . Julie Bruck . Valerie Anne Burns Elena Karina Byrne . Mary Camarillo . Jina Carvalho . Susan Chiavelli . Carolyn Chilton . Casas . Sally Churgel . Susan Cohen . Jean Colonomos . Marie Connors . Ann Conradsen . Susan Read Cronin . Carol V. Davis . Fran Davis . Pamela Davis . Lucille Lang Day . Marsha de la O . Carol Dorf . Rebecca Dougherty Lynn Downey . Terri Drake . Kimbrough Ernest . Alexis Rhone Fancher . Laurel Feigenbaum . Molly Fisk . Rebecca Foust . Nancy Fowler . Diane Funston . Catherine Gewertz . Delores Gilmore . Terri Glass . Valentina Gnup . D.R. Goodman . Caroline Goodwin . Celeste Goyer . Arabella Grayson . Tammy Greenwood . Susan Gubernat . Kathleen Gunton . Joell Hallowell . Stephanie Barbé Hammer . Jan Hanson . Dianna Henning . Leslie Hodge . Catherine Abbey Hodges . Karen Lee Hones . Elizabeth Iannaci . Johanna Jenkins . Bonnie S. Kaplan . Bonnilee Kaufman . Lorelei Kay . Peggy Kelly . Susan Kelly-DeWitt . Ellen Girardeau Kempler . Teri Ketchie . Joyce Kiefer . Blair Kilpatrick . Veronica Kornberg . Jennifer Lagier . Sharon Langley . Sheree La Puma . Diane Lefer . Lucia Lemieux . Mari L’Esperance . Lori Levy . Karen K. Lewis . Shirley Geok-lin Lim . Andrea Lingenfelter . Perie Longo . Lisa Loop . Suzanne Lummis . Glenna Luschei . Alison Luterman . Ronna Magy . devorah major . Eileen Malone . Ruthie Marlenée . Seretta Martin . Lake McClenney . Kathleen McClung . Mary Ann McFadden . Anita McLaughlin . Nancy L.Meyer . Robin Michel . Amy Michelson . Kathee Miller . Susan Miller . Elaine Mintzer . Penelope Moffet . Leslie Monsour . Ruth Gunn Mota . Sharanya Naik . Robbi Nester . Gail Newman . Kathy O’Fallon . Jennifer O’Neill Pickering . Dion O’Reilly . Enid Osborn . Dairine Pearson . Christine Penko . Ronna Perrin . Penny Perry . Lois Phillips . Evelyn Jean Pine . Kathy Pon . Connie Post . Sharon Pretti . Anita S. Pulier . Peg Quinn . Kathryn Ridall . Lisa Rosenberg . Mary Kay Rummel . Beth Ruscio . Sue Sesnon Salt . Renée M. Schell . Linda Scheller . Carla Schick . Claire Scott . Anna Scotti . Linda Serrato . Joanne Sharp . Mara Teitel Sheade Joan Jobe Smith . Dale Griffiths Stamos . Jan Steckel . Jeanine Stevens . Patti Sullivan . Stephanie Taylor . Nancy Weaver Teichert . Lynne Thompson . Carine Topal . Terra Trevor . Alison Turner . Georgette Unis . Patrice Vecchione . Erie Vitiello . Charlotte Ward . Wendy Watson . Florence Weinberger . Hilda Weiss Carol Ann Wilburn . KA Wiley . Sharon M. Williams . Maw Shein Win . Terry Wolverton . Susan Wooldridge . Gail Wronsky . Andrena Zawinski
Official release date is May 11, 2025. Preorders available now.
(Our intention is to have books in readers’ hands before Mothers’ Day.)
