fiction
Voltairine de Cleyre, “The Sorrows of the Body”
I have never wanted anything more than the wild creatures have,—a broad waft of clean air, a day to lie on the grass at times, with nothing to do but slip the blades through my […]
Month: August 2017
fiction
Voltairine de Cleyre, “The Reward of an Apostate” (1908)
I have sinned: and I am rewarded according to my sin, which was great. There is no forgiveness for me; let no man think there is forgiveness for sin: the gods cannot forgive. This was […]
fiction
Voltairine de Cleyre, “The Heart of Angiolillo” (1898)
Some women are born to love stories as the sparks fly upward. You see it every time they glance at you, and you feel it every time they lay a finger on your sleeve. There […]
fiction
Voltairine de Cleyre, “A Rocket of Iron” (1902)
It was one of those misty October nightfalls of the north, when the white fog creeps up from the river, and winds itself like a corpse-sheet around the black, ant-like mass of human insignificance, a […]
The Sex Question
Voltairine De Cleyre, “Sunday Schools and Social Intercourse Among Liberals” (1890)
For the Boston Investigator. SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND SOCIAL INTERCOURSE AMONG LIBERALS Mr. Editor:—Among the many wants of the Free Thought movement is a much wider social intercourse than exists at present, a much more extensive […]
Anarchist Beginnings
J. Wm. Lloyd, “Prayer of the Governmentalist” (1886)
For Lucifer Prayer of the Governmentalist. Our Government which is in Washington—hallowed be thy name! May thy Kingdom become, and thy will be done, in America even as the Czar’s is in Russia! Give us […]
fiction
Voltairine de Cleyre, “The Old Shoemaker” (1896), with note and response
The Old Shoemaker He had lived a long time there, in the house at the end of the alley, and no one had ever known that he was a great man. He was lean and […]
The Sex Question
“Voltairine De Cleyre at Greensburg” (1893)
For the Boston Investigator. VOLTAIRINE DE CLEYRE AT GREENSBURG. Mr. Editor:—In the little city of Greensburg, some thirty miles east of Pittsburgh, there are a few brave, strong souls who are making war on God […]
The Sex Question
“Justice and Jehovah” (1888)
“JUSTICE AND JEHOVAH.” The Address of Miss Voltairine De Cleyre Before the Cleveland Secular Union Miss Voltairine De Cleyre of Grand Rapids addressed the Secular union in the Memorial hall last evening on the subject […]
The Sex Question
Voltairine De Cleyre, “The Woman’s National Liberty Union” (1890)
THE WOMAN’S NATIONAL LIBERAL UNION Mr. Editor:—Hereafter let it not be said that the women of American are behind their brothers in the work of freeing the country from superstition’s shackles. The most radical organization […]