Crafting with Ursula : Julie Phillips on the Writing Mother
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
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The Greatest Enabler for Feminist Thought
Feminist thinking evolved rapidly into a far more complex and realistic position. The greatest enabler for me was, always, is always, virginia wolf. And i quote now from the first draft of her paper, professions for women where she gives her great image of a woman writing. I figure her really in an attitude of contemplation, like a fisherwoman sitting on the bank of a lake with her fishing rod held over its water. She's been told to be very quiet pleased while mamma fishes - except when she forgets and sings or asks questions. When the following dramatic events take place, there sits our woman write, or fisherwoman, and suddenly there is a violent
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