A Hot-Eyed Moderate by Jane Rule

In this forceful and witty collection of essays, Jane Rule speaks frankly of the issues she has confronted as a woman, an artist, and a lesbian, and of the difficult conflicts between personal privacy and social
commitment. With the skillful probing of human nature so characteristic of her novels and short stories, she presents thoughtful, provocative remarks on our attitudes to children, the elderly, and the disabled; considers the differences between Canada and the U.S. and marvels at Canadian defensiveness; and, in the finest tradition of Germaine Greer and Kate Millett, challenges our traditional views on morality, sexuality, and creativity.