All the heated rhetoric about 'matriarchy' avoids the real issue, which is the existence of cultures that did not enforce a patriarchal double standard or make females legal minors ruled by fathers, brothers, and husbands.

It looks at the furor over the work of Marija Gimbutas, Eller's charges of 'essentialism' and 'goddess monotheism,' and theories about whether patriarchal social organization originated among foragers or agriculturalists. It also proposes that patriarchy is a historical development, questions functionalist interpretations of myths (or oral histories) of male takeovers. Like Donne, Dickinson, Heine, Whitman, Housman, Hopkins, or Pushkin, hers is a voice that cuts through the years.This article surveys literature on history, archaeology, and ethnography, from Lafitau, Morgan, Marx and Engels to Matilda Joslyn Gage and Barbara Mann, Bachofen to Jacquetta Hawkes. it is clear that June found her distinctive voice early on and remained true to it over the decades. Everything in this collection is worth your attention. 'We have here no minor versifier, but rather, a writer calling for serious scrutiny and interpretation. In 'The Road to Selma,' she invokes the ghosts of the Civil Rights movement, with a fierceness and outrage and hope that exemplifies the era.'

'June Rachuy Brindel lays bare the bittersweetness of love, and the exquisite pain of injustice in poems that range from the pastoral to the political. Reading her poems I have learned, laughed, and loved the language, the images, the quiet moment of knowing when the unseen is revealed.'Īssociate Editor of Rhino, The Poetry Forum 1998-2008 Her poems lead the way to a deeper understanding of ourselves and the life and lives around us. Her poems are lyrical as she takes notice of life's various situations and guides us through the mysterious unseen that is difficult to name and deal with. 'June Rachuy Brindel has the eye and voice of a true poet. She has been a mentor and an inspiration to all of us through both her work and through her unique and generous spirit.'įiction Writing Faculty, Columbia College, Chicago 'Superb artistry, intellectual and emotional depth, and human compassion. The wise woman voice of her novels sings on every page. She had numerous poems published in literary magazines, and this is her first full-length collection of poems. She collaborated on songs with her husband, composer Bernard Brindel. June Rachuy Brindel, beloved author of Ariadne and Phaedra, was a prolific poet.

Ariadne by June Rachuy Brindel