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    Witches, Women & Words
    Witches, Women & Words
    Witches, Women & Words
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    Witches, Women & Words

    By Beatriz Copello

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    "The extraordinary poems in Witches, Women and Words have our hearts beating with rage. This powerfully evocative collection speaks frankly of the twists and turns, pains, despair and hopes of the woman, the human, the poet, the abused earth, her trees and seas and biodiversity. In a world where 'soldiers march blindfolded and mute' and

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateApr 13, 2022
    ISBN9781761092886
    Witches, Women & Words
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    Beatriz Copello

    Dr Beatriz Copello is a psychologist, a poet and fiction writer. Copello's poetry has been published in many journals and literary magazines. Her book of lesbian poetry Women Souls and Shadows, Bemac Publishing, 1992 was highly commended in the Wild and Wooley, 1993 Awards. In November 1997 she received from the Australia Council, Literature Fund, an Emerging Writers Grant for Poetry. Her book of poetry Meditations At the Edge of a Dream was published by Interactive Publications -Glasshouse Books, 2001, receiving excellent reviews. In 2003 she was awarded a Doctor of Creative Arts Degree (Creative Writing) from the University of Wollongong. Under The Gums Long Shade, her third book of poetry, was published in 2008. Lesbian Love Lesbian Lives is her first book of short stories.

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      Witches, Women & Words - Beatriz Copello

      Witches, Women & Words

      WITCHES, WOMEN & WORDS

      BEATRIZ COPELLO

      Ginninderra Press

      Witches, Women and Words

      ISBN 978 1 76109 288 6

      Copyright © text Beatriz Copello 2022

      Cover image: Seraphina Martin

      All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Requests for permission should be sent to the publisher at the address below.

      First published 2022 by

      Ginninderra Press

      PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015

      www.ginninderrapress.com.au

      CONTENTS

      Witches – an explanation

      Witches

      Humans

      The Social Order or Disorder?

      Acknowledgements

      Also by Beatriz Copello

      WITCHES – AN EXPLANATION

      ‘Women are invoking the witch to find their power in a patriarchal society.’ – Sofia Quaglia, Quartz, 1 November 2019

      ‘When for witches, we read women, we gain a fuller comprehension of the cruelties inflicted by the church upon this portion of humanity.’ – Matilda Joslyn Gage

      ‘Pam Grossman, author and host of the popular The Witch Wave podcast, said witches are having a resurgence among feminist who want authority over their lives.’ – in Mary E. Corey, OAH Magazine of History, Volume 17, Issue 4, July 2003, pages 51–59

      ‘The witch is a feminine archetype who has authority over herself. She doesn’t get power in relationship to other

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