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Marge Piercy

American novelist and poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1936 · age 90

Marge Piercy is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II.

Marge Piercy is read about 78 times a day, in 21 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2020“All in all, the world of He, She and It is becoming reality much faster than I imagined. (2020)”In their wordsRead the whole statement

2017“As for the political and corporate aspects, as one of the founders of the North American Congress on Latin America, I spent a couple of year doing power structure research.”In their wordswith Jewish Womens Archive (2017)Read the whole statement

2016“Feminist utopias were created out of a hunger for what we didn’t have, at a time when change felt not only possible but probable.”In their wordsArticle, 2016Read the whole statement

“When I was a child, I first noticed that neither history as I was taught it, nor the stories I was told, seemed to lead to me. I began to fix them. I have been at it ever since.”In their wordsArticle, 2016Read the whole statement

2015“It may be that television and the ever more aggressive investigative efforts of the news media have addled our ability to choose a leader wisely.”In their wordsMy Life, My Body (2015)Read the whole statement

“Science fiction, speculative fiction, whatever you want to call it, is one of the ways to explore social issues in fiction.”In their wordsin My Life, My Body (2015)Read the whole statement

2006Michigan Women's Hall of FameAward1993Arthur C. Clarke AwardAward1936Born31 March 1936

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Marge Piercy

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Reconstructionism, which is my branch of Judaism, is strongly concerned with the environment
2017 · with Jewish Womens Archive (2017), Own words
The point of creating futures is to get people to imagine what they want and don’t want to happen down the road - and maybe do something about it.
2016 · Article, 2016, Own words
Utopia is born of the hunger for something better, but it relies on hope as the engine for imagining such a future.
2016 · Article, 2016, Own words