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Tag Archives: Working Women
Doris Lessing: Reluctant Feminist
Posted on the web: “Goodbye to Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook wouldn’t be the same without you.” The posting by the Golden Notebook bookstore in Woodstock included a link to the obituary published by the N.Y. Times: Doris Lessing, the … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged Doris Lessing, Nobel Lecture, postaweek, The Golden Notebook, Working Women
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London – The Twilight of the Gods
Summer reading takes us to London. Something is not quite right in London’s beautiful Hampstead Heath Park. Is a dog-walker hugging that majestic English Oak? No, she is talking to it. How odd. Oh the infamy of it all – … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy/Adventure, Fiction
Tagged Hampstead Heath, London, postaweek, Review, San Francisco, Working Women
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Love, Murder and Ritual Execution: Atwood and Homer Telling the Tale
Odysseus’ boat riding the waves of Penelope’s flowing hair, illustration by Sarah Burgess Cherry. Once upon a time, in the tiny island kingdom of Ithaca off the coast of Greece, Penelope ruled while her husband Odysseus was away: first he … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, eBook, Poetry, Theater
Tagged Dorothy Parker, Homer, Margaret Atwood, Penelope, postaweek, Working Women
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Adrienne Rich—American Poet is Dead at 82
Anthologist and poet Rita Dove included three poems from Adrienne Rich’s The Fact of a Doorframe: selected poems, 1950-2001 in the Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry. Adrienne Rich, influential poet and writer, is dead at 82. Rich’s distinguished career … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Adrienne Rich, American Literature, postaweek, Stanford University, Working Women
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Homage to Women–International Women’s Day
Homage to Women by Mico Kaufman stands in a small shaded park on Market St. in Lowell, MA. The statue is part of the Lowell National Historical Park, which celebrates the textile industry that was founded in the mills along … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry
Tagged Boott Mill, International Woman's Day, Lowell, postaday, postaweek, Robert Frost, Working Women
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Gertrude Stein: The Novel Ida, Fame and Celebrity
Alice B. Toklas was 29 years old in 1908 when she left her home in San Francisco for Paris. She met Gertrude Stein the day she arrived in Paris and the star struck Toklas was moved to write: “She was … Continue reading
Alabama—Crossing Over, African-Americans, Descendants of Slaves
The quilt in the photo was one of bed covers featured in the 2006 De Young Museum exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend. All the quilts in the exhibit were hand-made by the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Many of … Continue reading
Posted in eBook, Fiction, History, Non-fiction
Tagged Black History Month, Exhibition, Gee's Bend, postaday, Quilts, San Francisco, Textiles, Working Women
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