Fiona Giles

Dick for a Day: What Would You Do if You Had One? Fiona Giles

Jacket Description/Flap: Not since Kafka's Gregor Samsa awoke to discover that he'd turned into a cockroach has literature addressed such a traumatic transformation. In order to compile Dick for a Day, scholar and feminist Fiona Giles approached hundreds of well-known writers, poets, artists, actresses, and academics and asked them to express what they might feel if they abruptly found themselves genitally altered. From Terry McMillan to Jennifer Blowdryer, from Patricia Cornwell to Linda Sexton Gray, we find unexpected answers: hygienic, erotic, metaphysical, and even spiritual. By turns playful and sociologically profound, Dick for a Day is a milestone in sophisticated humor and feminist literature. Biographical Note: Fiona Giles was born and raised in Australia and educated at Oxford, where she specialized in nineteenth-century literature. She lives in New York City with her husband. Publisher Marketing: What would you do if you woke up with a penis? In Dick for a Day, that outrageous question is posed to celebrated women - with extraordinary results: serious, humorous, and downright strange. In Dick for a Day, we find answers from many writers, feminists, scholars, performers, and artists. What's most exciting is that every woman will be able to ponder her response - and discover, in Dick for a Day, the basis for arguments, fantasies, and gender benders of the most provocative kind. Review Citations:

Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/1996 pg. 64 (EAN 9780679773535, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 12/16/1996 pg. 51 (EAN 9780679773535, Paperback)

Booklist 01/01/1997 pg. 806 (EAN 9780679773535, Paperback)

Library Journal 10/01/1996 (EAN 9780679773535, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Giles, Fiona Fiona Giles, author of "Chick for a Day" and "Dick for a Day, " is an Australian scholar and feminist. A graduate of Oxford University, lives in Sydney with her partner and two sons.