Margaret Randall
My first book about Cuban Women: interviews with women from all areas of life, from those in leadership positions to young women, factory and farmworkers, ex-maids and prostitutes, and veterans of Cuba’s war of liberation.
- Margaret Randall
- Photo by Juan Pérez
“Then I saw what the calling was :it was the road I traveled”- Muriel Rukeyser
My life and work have been profoundly informed by parents who gave me love and adventure, and encouraged creativity; the dramatic desert canyons, rich colors and open skies of the southwestern United States; Socialist ideals; the second wave of feminism; and the generous mentorship of many great friends and colleagues. My children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are always with me, even when far away; and my spouse Barbara is bedrock. New York’s abstract expressionist painters in the 1950s, Mexico and her struggles of the 1960s, the Cuban revolution’s second brave decade in the 1970s, the Vietnamese people’s struggle against US attack and occupation in that same decade, and the Sandinista attempt to change Nicaragua in the early 1980s were places and events that shaped me. The exploration of ancient sites continues to be a source of nourishment, and I have long been involved with oral tradition. I deeply believe in humanistic values, combating our culture of violence and greed, and art as a tool for change. I invite you to enter my website, learn about my books, read my poetry and look at my photographic images.
next events
Margaret Randall and Garrett Caples read from new work. Studio One, 365 45th Street, Oakland, California New York Launch and Reading from I NEVER LEFT HOME: POET, FEMINIST, REVOLUTIONARY with Martha King, who will also read from her recent memoir The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, East 10th Street, Manhattan Reading from brand new memoir: I NEVER LEFT HOME: POET, FEMINIST, REVOLUTIONARY McNally-Jackson Bookstore, 76 N. 4th Street, Unit G, Brooklyn, New York Teaching memoir workshop at Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program: "Sanctuary & Apocalypse" Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado
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