Kick Up Your Feet and Do a Lil' Jig w/Me!

[balladsofmirth]

Delores said, "Tina, honey, get your sister to smile."

Tina said, "Hey, smile Little Big Eyes."

But Caitlyn said, "I can't peowet."

To which Delores responded, "Oh honey."

Nearby, Carl said, "I push the button, hey bingo, end of story."

Repeating Caitlyn, Delores said, "She said she can't pirouette."

Tina said, "I couldn't pirouette when I

Comments

[amedio3k]

something is very wrong. i am not familiar with any of the writers on that list. i feel like my education has failed me.

[balladsofmirth]

To be fair, I haven't read all of the women on the list. I think the two reasons you may not have read these folks is 1. many of them -- winterson & mullen -- are not just contemporary writers but also postmodern in their approach. They're not just whipping up traditional narratives. Thus, to teach them or even to introduce them to students, you have to be open to such genres. Not all of my professors at Hollins were open to that: I just lucked out in that my favorite professors did introduce me to such work.

Also, I peek into a bunch of lit. crit. blogs and have been introduced to lovelies that way.

You should read Anne Carson. You should read them all. Yes.

Also! You can give yourself your own education. You can! Library?

If I had more time, we could have a book club. Maybe in the spring?

[wolodymyr]

Can we have a book club online?

And thanks for this.

[balladsofmirth]

OOH. I KIND OF LOVE THIS IDEA. Maybe in the spring?

We can focus on contemporary women writers. Yes?

Have you read a lot of the authors listed here?