Since I posted yesterday about Virginia Woolf and how A Room of One’s Own made me think of Tillie Olsen’s Silences, I wanted to post Olsen’s biography from the Literary Ladies site today. I remember being moved by Olsen’s Tell…
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Tillie Olsen, Author of Tell Me a Riddle | LiteraryLadiesGuide
Tagged with: creative writing, literary creation, literary history, Literary Ladies, tillie olsen, Virginia Woolf, women, women's work, writing
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A Room of One’s Own and Time to Think
This posting from Literary Ladies is about Virginia Woolf, but I find myself thinking about Tillie Olsen. I think they were from the same era–perhaps Olsen was a little younger. But of very different economic classes. I don’t think that…
Tagged with: 1930s, fiction, literary creation, literary history, Literary Ladies, tillie olsen, Virginia Woolf, women, women's work, writing, writing advice
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The not-so-hidden injuries of class: A Poem, on the Supposition of an Advertisement Appearing in a Morning Paper, of the Publication of a Volume of Poems, by a Servant-Maid
I ran across this while looking for something else. The language is so delightfully fresh and arch. Elizabeth Hands–died in 1815, and although the Poetry Foundation does not date the poem, her book was published in 1789–so who knows? Perhaps…
My Year of Proust
It’s not the only thing I’m reading in 2016 (see above about Lily King’s Euphoria) but I decided that after a lifetime of hearing about Proust and having never read a word of Remembrance of Things Past, I would at least give…
Tagged with: books, fiction, literary history, Proust, Remembrance of Things Past, Swann's Way
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The plight of the overworked writer. Charlotte Bronte: Hands Full | Lapham’s Quarterly
Hands Full | Lapham’s Quarterly.
Tagged with: books, Charlotte Bronte, fiction, Lapham's Quarterly, literary creation, literary history, women, women's work, writing, writing and women
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Beautiful: Watch the doodle. Langston Hughes: Poet who wrote I Dream A World given Google doodle The Independent
Langston Hughes: This is why poet who wrote I Dream A World has been given a Google doodle – News – Gadgets and Tech – The Independent.
Tagged with: Langston Hughes, literary history, poetry, race in literature
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Great to think that I’m making history by staying home and drinking hot chocolate.
Historic snow storms in the Globe – Metro – The Boston Globe.
Tagged with: blizzard, Boston weather, literary history, making history, snow, weather
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More controversial than expected: Boston’s Literary Legacy, Mapped and Apped – The Baffler
Boston’s Literary Legacy, Mapped and Apped – The Baffler.
Tagged with: books, Boston, Boston Book Festival, Grub Street, historical district, literary district, literary history, Mass Cultural Council
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