Honestly, I haven't read any poets that write on female issues, or if I have, I can't remember any. Can you suggest anyone? I could offer an opinion once I actually read some.
yeah, me- scroll down a few entries. and you could to alien_suicide too. that's kinda why i'm interested in what people think of male writers- because i'm one too.
i've heard good things about Wally Lamb, but i haven't read him.
I'll definitely read some of your stuff and get back to you. I think it's good for male writers to take a stance on female issues; it's thinking outside of yourself. I'll give you a stronger opinion later.
He's good. She's come undone was a pretty good read. Light though....about 2-3 days read with other things going on, like life. Not one of those read straight through kind of reads.
I'm a firm believer in passing books along, so if you would like a used copy of She's Come Undone, you can email me your mailing info and I can pass it along to you.
it really just depends on the writer. take the author of the virgin suicides (male, his name escapes me at the moment). i absolutely love the adolescent male perspective he brought to the female issues of that book. the way the girl's motives are so mysterious and how everyday women's objects such as tampons take on an almost sacred quality. on the other hand i've stopped reading authors such as vonnegut because i didn't like they way the female characters were written.
jeffory eugednes or something like that. but he's amazing. his second book middlesex, gets even more deep into the issues of feminity and sexuality and i was amazed reading them. it's a great read for anyone looking to understand more deeply male writers who write females well.
i might have to check him out. there's a lot of gender bending that goes on in my journal, some people just refuse to believe i'm a boy. i don't really have someone like eugednes to point to for a reference yet.
he's really amazing. when i bought middlesex, i was ind of in shock that a man was writing it, because he's so in touch with what a female is thinking, what it's like to be female and going through puberty and he understood sex from both the male and female perspective.
the book itself is about a hermaphrodite, but it's not about that at all. i know that made no sense, but it's an amazing book!
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i've heard good things about Wally Lamb, but i haven't read him.
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She's come undone was a pretty good read. Light though....about 2-3 days read with other things going on, like life. Not one of those read straight through kind of reads.
I'm a firm believer in passing books along, so if you would like a used copy of She's Come Undone, you can email me your mailing info and I can pass it along to you.
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the book itself is about a hermaphrodite, but it's not about that at all. i know that made no sense, but it's an amazing book!
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