Song of Samuel: a Memoir

I am old and have enjoyed an interesting life. In 2022 I began writing a memoir. It did not get very far since, just as I was getting to my early political and feminist awakenings/activities, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Roe v Wade, stripping the right to abortion from women. It was a devastating blow that stopped me in my tracks. Or that’s what I thought. As I was preparing this I realized that perhaps that last bit of writing about the Minotaur was the obstacle. I haven’t been able to continue down that maze. Maybe I will resume one day to describe the good part: the excitement of the social movements and my adventures in garment shops, steel mills, oil refineries, and power plants. For now, I am sharing about the early days, just to document what a strange time it was to grow up in the 1950s.

• Preface or Afterword
• Darkness on the Face
• Notes about Mid-20th Century Early Childhood in the U.S.
• Lost and Found
• War and Armistice
• Thanksgiving and Malediction
• Mother Love and the Minotaur

diane wang, copyright 2022

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