Rapunzel, Rapunzel: Poems, Prose, and Photographs by Women on the Subject of Hair

by Katharyn Howd Machan (Editor)

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126 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1980

About the author

Katharyn Howd Machan (b. 1952) studied creative writing and literature at the College of Saint Rose and at the University of Iowa and received her Ph.D. in Interpretation (Performance Studies) at Northwestern University. She is currently a member of the writing faculty at Ithaca College and is also involved with the Women's Studies Program and the Gerontology Institute.

Machan has published 30 poetry collections, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines, anthologies, and textbooks. She is also a professional belly dancer under the stage name Zajal.