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Hackett's I Gotta Crow soars into the minds of women writers.
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Borders Jan/03
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 An excellent survey of the soul of women's writing
Jill Hackett's I Gotta Crow: Women, Voice, And Writing, is a book about women writers finding the voice within and letting it out onto the page. The first section deals with useful guidelines for finding one's voice and conveying it; the second consists of personal interviews with an eclectic variety of female authors who discuss the nature and implications of the voice in their work. An excellent survey of the soul of women's writing, I Gotta Crow is a strongly recommended addition to personal and academic "Women's Studies" and "Writing Skills Development" supplemental reading lists and reference collections.
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Reviewer: Midwest Book Review from Oregon, WI USA
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I Gotta Crow
For any woman who has wondered what she might have to say, or who has longed to find the voice to say what she holds inside I Gotta Crow is an empowering, insightful and inspiring book. A true gift. |
A reader from Free Union, VA USA |
Provides a "cradle of resilience"
I Gotta Crow - Women, Voice, and Writing by Jill Hackett carries women writers on a path of discovery - to their truest writing voice. Jill shows women writers how to write without fear and to search within themselves for the true authentic words that only surface once the mind, heart, and soul connect.
I Gotta Crow brings women writers together and upholds their strength to CROW - to listen to their inner soul and to write without reservations. Jill's interviews provide a "cradle of resilience", allowing women to write from within. I Gotta Crow provides the support, encouragement, and the roadmap women writers need to find their unique writing voice. |
Sheri' L. McConnell, MAOM
Founder of the National Association of Women Writers |
A beautiful book!
I am VERY impressed and honored to be a small part of what turned out to be a fabulous project! Yea! Good for you! WELL DONE! Cheers and applause! |
Regina Barrecca author |
An inspirational read for budding writers of any gender!
Jill Hackett's training as a technical writer serves her well in her first book. Her prose is lucid and beautiful. Her explanation of the concept of "voice" --its origins in childhood, its resonance with our social environment -- helped me harness my own unique perspectives and gifts. These women's stories, though different from my own, now keep me company in the very solitary process of writing.
Anyone, male or female, can learn from what these women have to share. I highly recommend this read to all who aspire to be more expressive in their writing. |
Reviewer: Rault Kehlor from Brooklyn, NY United States |
Nurturing our gift
"We owe it to ourselves to find our voice. This companion will guide us along the path of discovery and then teach us how to nurture our gift." |
Rita Watson, author, "The Art of Decision-Making, " Lowell House, and "A Serenity Journal," Paulist Press. |
| "I Gotta Crow takes the pulse of how and why eleven women in contemporary America write, and what they write, from fiction to technical writing. Jill Hackett has done a remarkable job in bringing together these varied voices, including her own, into this one volume.
"She prefaces the incipient autobiographies that emerge from these interviews she conducted with them with her own remarks. I Gotta Crow is a timely and interesting volume, even to an 'outsider' (man)!"
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Professor Leonard van der Kuijp, Harvard University |
