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I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine: Poems For Young Feminists

With readable, richly varied contributions from women poets both famous and unknown, both young and old, both English-speaking and in-translation, I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine: Poems for Young Feministsis a timely, unique, and exceptionally inclusive anthology. Edited by Carol Ann Duffy, herself a British feminist poet of much renown, this collection of insights and truths will appeal equally to poetry buffs and poetry novices, be they students or general readers.

Themes
feminism
Audience
young adult
Length
short · 112 pages
Form
poetry

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