Priscilla Long (born 1943) is an American writer, poet, and political activist. She co-founded a Boston
consciousness raising
Consciousness raising (also called awareness raising) is a form of activism popularized by United States feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to focus the attention of a wider group on some cause or ...
group that contributed to
Bread and Roses. A longtime
anti-war activist,
Long was arrested in the 1963
Gwynn Oak Park sit-in
A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. The protestors gather conspicuously in a space or building, refusing to mo ...
.
Works
* ''The New Left: A Collection of Essays'', as editor (1969, Porter Sargent)
* ''
Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry'' (1989, Paragon House)
* "We Called Ourselves Sisters" in ''The Feminist Memoir Project'' (1998, Three Rivers Press)
* "Dancing with the Muse in Old Age" (2022, Epicenter Press)
* "Holy Magic" (2020, MoonBath Press)
* "Fire and Stone: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" (2016, University of Georgia Press)
* "Minding the Muse: A Handbook for Painters, Composers, Writers, and Other Creators" (2016 ,Coffeetown Press)
References
External links
*
Archival papersin the
University of Washington Libraries
1943 births
Living people
American writers
American feminists
American anti-war activists
Antioch College alumni
University of Washington alumni
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