Margaret Randall is an American woman who lived in and was active in revolutionary activities in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua among other countries. One of Randall's previous partners, Robert Cohen, wrote about a 50 page biography of Randall as an introduction to this book. I have read her autobiography and found this partner's perspective helpful and refreshing. Initially I disliked Cohen, who sounded patronizing and arrogant to me, but as I continued his introduction, his attitude changed as he progressed in the story telling about how they both grew and matured. That was fascinating, especially their struggles taking the revolutionary ideas into their relationship and making the political personal, e.g. he found it easy to treat Randall the woman as an equal in public and at work activities, but at home hi misogyny was difficult to overcome, although well worth the work.

The following 30 or so pages were excerpts from Randall's journals, which I very much enjoyed. The remaining 100 pages consist of Randall's poetry. It is a rather interesting combination and format. It is certainly worth a read if you are interested in Randall, although I would recommend reading the autobiography of her years in Cuba, [To Change the World], first. ( )