Earth's Daughters

Back Issues Dating from 1971 to Present

Polly Joan and Andrea Chesman, in their Guide To Women's Publishing, say: "No one phrase can capture the essence of Earth's Daughters...It comes in all shapes, contains all manner of art...specializes in surprise."

Back Issues are available by individual copies or in collector's sets.
All issues are edited by the collective unless otherwise noted.

Any three issues, except Fine China (#39/40) or Girlfriends (#43/44): $19.00 including postage and handling. $22.00 for libraries and institutions. Overseas and bulk rates available upon request. If we are out of an issue, we will select an alternate. Fine China and Girlfriends may be obtained for $8.00 each. A limited number of Collector's Sets are available for $300 each. Make checks to Earth's Daughters. Send requests to:

 

#66: Up & Down

6 X 9".  52 pages perfect bound. Cover drawing, ryki zuckerman. Issue dedicated to the  memory of ED editor Patricia  Colvard and this was the last issue on which she worked.   Writers were asked to submit work related in any way to the theme.  Contains diverse work and settings from balloons to stairs.     

 

#65: Coffee & Cigarettes

8.5 x 11" perfectbound. 92 pages. A celebration of the life and work of Robin Kay Willoughby,  a member of the collective since the 1970's (Issue #7). Contains published and previously unpublished pieces representing her creative poetic genius, including an 11 page analysis of Stephen King's novels published on-line.  Includes photographs, poems by her friends and an introduction by Kastle Brill.

 

#64 Contact

56pp,, 5.5 X 8.5 perfect bound, cover by Kastle Brill from a concept by Joan Ford, edited by the collective and Trudy Stern

 

#63 General Issue/The Willow Tree

83 pp 5.25" by 7.5", perfect bound, Cover by Kastle Brill, edited by the collective

 

#62 Dressed to Kill and Take Me to Your Leader

One issue, two covers, two themes, both covers and themes derived from pulp magazines of the 30's to 50's.covers by Kastle Brill & ryki zuckerman. 6" x9"30 pp, edited by the collective. NB. 61 & 62 were mailed together

 

#61 Index of Issues 39 thru 62

8.5 X 11, edited by Pat Colvard

 

 

# 59-60 Western New York: ED Thirtieth Anniversary Issue

We have received submissions from writers now living in Western New York and from many whose hearts have remained here though they may live elsewhere. A gem for your collection. Perfect bound, 8 1/2 X 11, 60 pages

 

#58 The Garden

Tastes of the out-of-doors from one season to the next. Saddle-stitch, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 41 pages.

 

# 57 2001: An Earth Oddyssey

Time marches on, and ED with it. Perfect bound, 5 3/4 X 8 1/2, 45 pages.

 

# 56 Left

Left alone, left over, left wing, left behind: anyway you want to look at it. Saddle-stitch, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 40 pages.

 

#55 Short Stuff

A short book stuffed with short stuff. Saddle-stitch, 4 1/2 X 10, 17 pages.

 

#54 Potluck

A delicious tour through kitchens and refrigerators. Come join us for a treat. Perfect bound, 8 1/2 X 11, 64 pages.

 

#53 Work

Though women's work is never done, this is a good beginning. Perfect bound, 8 1/2 X 9, 46 pages.

 

#52 Mask

Women in all their guises: front, aft and other. Saddle-stitch, 8 1/2 X 11, 39 pages.

 

#51 Wild Thing

An issue based on women and animals, their loves, their losses and other related ideas. Perfect bound, 8 1/2 X 11, 49 pages.

 

#50 Landscape

A focus on the out-of doors, with a slant toward ecology. Perfect bound, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 47 pages.

 

#49 General Admission

A non-thematic issue devoted to work that people sent us that we liked. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 53 pages.

 

#48 On Closer Inspection

Experiences and reflections looked at again - closely. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 46 pages.

 

#47 The Ages of Women

An issue of prose and poetry about womens' experiences of different ages and stages. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 52 pages.

 

#46 Outside the Inner Circle: Voices of the Excluded

Submissions by and about culturally diverse groups or individuals often not heard from. Perfect bound, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 52 pages. Available only in collector's set.

 

#45 Doppelganger

Works dealing with a remembered twin, false or real. Perfect bound, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 43 pages.

 

#43-44 Girlfriends

A double issue of poems and prose devoted to friendships among women. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 94 pages. Photographs contributed by members of the collective.

 

#42 All Over The Map

Poems and prose evoking the magic of remembered places. Saddlestitch, 6 x 9, 44 pages.

 

#41 Child

Solicited poems celebrating the child in each of us and the children we have known. Saddlestitch, 6 x 9, 30 pages.

 

#39/40 Fine China: Ed 20th Anniversary Issue

Selections of the best of Earth's Daughters poetry, artwork and prose from 20 years of publication. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 229 pages. Springhouse Editions.

 

#38 The Index

Edited by Bonnie Johnson. Complete index of Earth's Daughters issues # 1 to #37, arranged by issue, by author or artist and by title of work. Strip bound, 8.5 x 11, 62 pages.

 

#37 Less Is More

How much meaning can be conveyed in 14 lines or less? An unusual issue in format and content. Perfect bound, 6 x 6, 54 pages.

 

#36 Over The Transom

The best unsolicited manuscripts received in recent years. Saddlestitch, 6 x 9, 54 pages.

 

#35 My Lips Are Sealed

An issue dealing with secrets. Cover by Kastle Brill. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 54 pages.

 

#33/34 Lost In The Woods

Edited by Bonnie Johnson and Camille Cox. This issue deals with the interaction of humans and their environment. Cover and design by Camille Cox. Perfect bound, 6 x 9, 128 pages.

 

#31/32 Kindred Men...Fathers, Sons And Others

Edited by Jimmie Canfield and Bonnie Johnson. Work exploring the female perception of intimate familial relationships. Cover design by Camille Cox. Perfect bound, 7 x 10, 86 pages.

 

#30 Eye Of The Beholder

Edited by Kastle Brill and Geri Grossman. Aspects and roles of beauty and the confrontation with the feminine aesthetic. Cover art from sculpture by Camille Cox. Saddlestitch, 5.5 x 8.5, 47 pages.

 

#29 Plays By Gabrielle, Maria And Jennifer Burton

"Litany of the Clothes" and "Rita's Haircut" from Heartbreak Hotel, Scribners, 1986. "Litany of the Clothes" was winner of Earth's Daughters playwrights competition in 1983. Saddlestitch, 5.5 x 8.5, 33 pages.

 

#28 Women Editors

Edited by ryki zuckerman and Pat Donovan. Saddle-stitch, 5.5 x 8.5, 26 pages. Work by the editors of 11 different publications including Calliope, Cafe Solo, Prairie Schooner, Tramontane, and Rhino. Cover by Robin Kay Willoughby.

 

#27 It's A Political Issue

Edited by Bonnie Johnson. Tabloid format, 11 x 17, 16 pages. This powerful issue explores topics of political significance to women in poetry, prose, satire and concept art. Design by Kastle Brill and Robin Kay Willoughby.

 

#25/26 Another Comforter

Edited by Nita Penfold and Robin Kay Willoughby. Perfect bound, 5.5 x 8.5, 60 pages. Poetry and fiction probing the feminine in the divine All art by Zana.

 

#24 A Few Good Men

Open-end calendar, edited by Kastle Brill and Pat Donovan. Poetry by ten select men; rubber stamp art by select members of the collective and the men. Available only in collector's set.

 

#23 A Delicate Fire

An invitational issue edited by Jimmie Canfield and Geri Grossman. Perfect bound, 7 x 10, 64 pages. This beautiful issue has a burgundy cover with silver printing and graphics, and is printed on natural paper with burgundy ink. Poetry and prose celebrating joy in relationships by Ann Goldsmith, William Matthews, Marge Piercy, Ed Sanders, collective members and many others. Cover by Kastle Brill. Available only in collector's set.

 

#22 Woman Driver

Edited by Bonnie Johnson and Bonita Penfold Raquet. Perfect bound, 8.5 x 5.5, 64 pages. Poetry and fiction on women behind the wheel as fact and metaphor. Common Ground: "'Woman Driver' is a wonderful concept, well put together and effective." Cover and half-title photographs courtesy of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; cover design by Kastle Brill.

 

#21 "It Is 1984, After All" Calendar

Edited by Robin Kay Willoughby and Bonita Penfold Raquet. Poetry and graphics best described by one member of the collective: "see eight women crack up before your very eyes!" The calendar can be removed, making the issue timely for any year.

 

#19/20 Busting Up Is Hard To Do

Edited by Bonnie Johnson. Double issue of 112 pages. Perfect bound, 7 x 7. E. R. Mann in Common Ground: "Here's a book for anyone who ever lost, got angry and survived, or almost didn't survive; lost themselves or found themselves and lived to tell about it . . . it is a collection of exciting, deep and female experiences." Stamp Art cover and half-title by Robin Kay Willoughby.

 

#18 Evolving

Edited by ryki zuckerman. Saddle-stitched, 5.5 x 8.5, 48 pages. Poetry and fiction on the topic of personal evolution, in whatever direction that might lead. Individual works are highlighted by creative graphics. Cover and pages alternate in four colors of paper; cover design by ryki zuckerman.

 

#17 Graphics And Rubber Stamp Art Calendar

Edited by Kastle Brill. Spiral-bound 8.5 x 14. Poetry and graphics month by month with tear off calendar pages. Poetry and graphics by members of the collective, past and present. Cover by Kastle Brill. Available only in collector's set.

 

#16 Earth's Daughters Lost Mss

Edited by ryki zuckerman. 6 strips 7 x 24 each, rolled into a storage tube. Format inspired by the Dead Sea Scrolls, also lost for many years. Poetry by Aloff, Bass, Birtha, Cohen, lifshin, Rollwagen-Chamberlain; graphics/backispiece by ryki zuckerman. Available only in collector's set.

 

#14/15 Houses And Intimate Spaces

Edited by Bonnie Johnson. Saddle-stitched 5.5 x 8.5 double book, containing two sets of 40 pages each. Poetry and fiction by Birtha, Eilertsen, lifshin, Porte, Rosen Fine, members of the collective, and many others. Frontispieces by Kastle Brill, cover by Robin Willoughby.

 

#13 Letters To My Daughter by Judith Minty.

Chapbook, saddle-stitched, 7 x 8, 24 pages. Marilyn Zorn in Great Lakes Review: "A genuinely original and distinguished work in the burgeoning literature of the relationship between women and their daughters." Cover design by Yvonne Hoarty of Design Network; published in cooperation with Mayapple Press.

 

#12 As If Anything Could Grow Back Perfect by Toni Ortner-Zimmerman.

Chapbook, saddle-stitched, 7 x 8, 14 pages. Ortner-Zimmerman is author of more than a dozen books and chapbooks; her work has appeared in several anthologies and numerous small magazines. Cover design by Design Network; published in cooperation with Mayapple Press.

 

#10/11 Omnibus

Edited by Robin Kay Willoughby. Saddle-stitched, 8.5 x 11, 87 pages. Poetry and prose on a multitude of topics (working title "Omnibus"), particularly love/sex relationships. Earth's Daughter's largest issue yet with 59 contributors of poetry, fiction, graphics and photographs, including lifshin, Talbert, Kertesz, Siska, Felton and Rosen Fine. Frontispiece and centerfold by Kastle Brill, also poems and graphics by the collective: Brill, Canfield, Johnson, Kerman, Perry, Walsh, Willoughby, Zuckerman.

 

#9 Mothering by Judith Kerman.

76 pages. Book-length prose poem by the author of Obsessions and The Jakoba Poems.

 

#8 Mothers, Daughters, And Grandmothers.

72 pages. It contains poetry and prose touching on women in their family relationships. Poems by Lewandowski, lifshin, Piercy and others, a short story by Barbara Wolfson, and graphics by Robin Roy Rubin, Barbara Schaefer, and Tina Young. Also photographs and poems from the collective.

 

#7 Broadsheet

Edited by Kastle Brill. Three 11 x 17" broadsheets by Diane DiPrima, Elaine Rollwagon Chamberlain and Jane Chreighton, design by Chamberlain and Brill.

 

#5/6 General Collection Of Poems And Graphics

Edited by Judith Kerman, Janice MacKenzie, Lillian Robinson and Judith Treible. Paper, 64 pages. Includes xerographs by Trieble and poems by Olga Broumas, lyn lifshin, Marge Piercy and many others.

 

#4 Robinson On The Woman Question by Lillian Robinson.

Chapbook, 16 pages. Feminist poems disguised as a political pamphlet.

 

#3 The Box

A paper doll with poetry on the opposite side that converts into a box. It arrives flat and has the addition of a bra to be used when company comes. Available only in collector's set.

 

#2

Seven large illustrated broadsheets with drawings, wood engravings and mobile constructions. Available only in collector's set.

 

#1

Twelve loose sheets in a folder with poems by Denise Levertov, Marge Piercy and others, line drawings by Ruth Geller. Available only in collector's set.