Vol. 32 — We Wuz Pushed: On Joanna
Russ and Radical Truth-Telling
by Brit Mandelo
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"To speak radical truths—unapologetically, ferociously, rudely when
necessary—is the central purpose of Joanna Russ's influential body of
work," declares Brit Mandelo in her essay on Russ's radical, groundbreaking
literary and critical work. Mandelo’s essay traces Russ's evolving efforts
to speak truth throughout her literary career—examining both Russ's
successes and failures in doing so. She insists that Russ problematized and
individualized her ultimate understanding of truth without rejecting its
possibility. Rather, Mandelo argues, the trajectory of change in Russ's
work and her revision of prior truths itself constitutes a valuable part of
the truth-telling project. Russ emerges in Mandelo's essay as a heroic
though all-too-human intellectual and artist, one whose angry, brilliant
work we cannot afford to ignore or forget.
ISBN: 978-1-61976-005-9 (13 digit)
Publication Date: 5/1/2012
(paperback) 92 pages
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