Fruitflesh
Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write
By Gayle Brandeis
(HarperOne, Paperback, 9780060587185, 224pp.)
Publication Date: May 2004
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover
Categories: Composition & Creative Writing - General, Inspiration & Personal Growth
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Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
A sumptuous, sensuous writing guide from the author of the award-winning The Book of Dead Birds
Gayle Brandeis is the author of The Book of Dead Birds, the winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize, an award in support of a literature of social change. Reviewers have highly praised this, her first novel, and Toni Morrison said: "It has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents." She is also the author. Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write.
“THE BOOK OF DEAD BIRDS is a story of healing--a skillful, textured weaving of dark and light.”
---Donna M. Gershten, author of Kissing the Virgin's Mouth, on The Book of Dead Birds
“A moving and perceptive first novel.”
--- O magazine on The Book of Dead Birds
“Beautifully written, with gorgeous usage of language and metaphor.”
-Publishers Weekly
“Fruitflesh calls for some very juicy feasting!”
-Sark, author of Succulent Wild Woman
“Anyone immersing herself in Fruitflesh is sure to find her writing liberated, and enriched by the many stimulating exercises.”
-Susan Perry, Ph.D., author of Writing in Flow
"Gayle Brandeis shows us how to write sense-soaked prose and poetry that celebrates the embodiment of the life!"
-Oriah Mountain Dreamer, author of The Invitation and The Dance
“Lyrical, imaginative, beautifully crafted, and deeply intelligent. Before anything else, its characters take you by the heart.”
---Barbara Kingsolver on The Book of Dead Birds
“[It] has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents.”
---Toni Morrison on The Book of Dead Birds











