Old Enough: Southern Women Artists and Writers on Creativity and Aging

Old Enough is a collection of essays by 21 women artists and writers that explore the experience of aging, including ageism, health concerns, and loss. It features striking portraits by Carolyn Sherer and celebrates the creative practice of aging individuals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 277 pages
Publication date: 01 May 2024
Publisher: NewSouth, Incorporated

Old Enough is a collection of essays by twenty-one women artists and writers who explore the experience of aging. The women in the collection are diverse in their sexual orientation, marital status, race, and work status, and they are not afraid to confront the challenges of growing older, including ageism, health concerns, and loss. They also challenge the restrictive and diminishing notions of female aging that are often perpetuated in society. Through lyrical, sometimes wry, and often inspiring essays, the women explore what growing older can offer: self-knowledge, insight, and acceptance. The collection is accompanied by striking portraits by award-winning photographer Carolyn Sherer, who is also a contributor to the volume.

At the heart of Old Enough is the bold championing of creative practice. Some contributors look back to their girlhood to recall their first powerful connections to art, while others show how they have refreshed their commitment to maintaining a practice. All are still driven to create and to investigate, to stay committed to the processes that work while finding new ways to stay creatively alive.

Old Enough aims to honor the limitless variety, depth, and scope of being “old enough” and will resonate with readers who want to understand and find purpose, meaning, and comradery in their creative journey.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781588385185