Anonymous
08/29/2023 15:00
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Edith Wharton
Emily Dickinson
Elizabeth Bishop
Joan Didion
Wrote one great American novel:
Betty Smith
Harper Lee
Emily Dickinson
Elizabeth Bishop
Joan Didion
Wrote one great American novel:
Betty Smith
Harper Lee
Anonymous
08/29/2023 14:20
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Robinson and Didion (novels only), Jesmyn Ward.
And I think the following could deliver great things before they're done: Rachel Kushner, Maggie Shipstead, Ivy Pochoda, Julia May Jones, Ottessa Moshfefgh and C.E. Morgan.
And I think the following could deliver great things before they're done: Rachel Kushner, Maggie Shipstead, Ivy Pochoda, Julia May Jones, Ottessa Moshfefgh and C.E. Morgan.
Anonymous
08/28/2023 23:53
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why? Is this a homework assignment?
In any case, I would say off the top of my head
Edith Wharton
Flannery O'Connor
Sylvia Plath
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Willa Cather
Over-rated. Sometimes you get points for committing suicide/dying young or for being of color.
Toni Morrison overrated? The Nobel prize winning Toni Morrison?
Maybe you’re just too poorly educated to grasp the brilliance of her writing.
Agree with this!
Anonymous
08/28/2023 22:37
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Emily Dickinson
Lucia Berlin
Zelda Fitzgerald
Gertrude Stein
Barbara Kingsolver
Jesmyn Ward
Lucia Berlin
Zelda Fitzgerald
Gertrude Stein
Barbara Kingsolver
Jesmyn Ward
Anonymous
08/28/2023 21:52
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why? Is this a homework assignment?
In any case, I would say off the top of my head
Edith Wharton
Flannery O'Connor
Sylvia Plath
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Willa Cather
Over-rated. Sometimes you get points for committing suicide/dying young or for being of color.
Toni Morrison overrated? The Nobel prize winning Toni Morrison?
Maybe you’re just too poorly educated to grasp the brilliance of her writing.
Anonymous
08/28/2023 21:49
Subject: Re:Great Women of American Literature
Pearl Buck
Edna Ferber
Ayn Rand
Edna Ferber
Ayn Rand
Anonymous
08/28/2023 21:36
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Betty Smith comes to mind for me and may not have been mentioned.
Harriet Beecher Stowe— less for the quality of the work than the impact
Harriet Beecher Stowe— less for the quality of the work than the impact
Anonymous
08/28/2023 21:18
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Harper Lee
Extremely over-rated. She was a one-hit wonder. The second book sucks.
The second book was actually the first book she wrote, and should never have been published. It was only printed posthumously as a cash grab.
Anonymous
11/13/2015 10:03
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like Marilynne Robinson, Joan Didion (prefer her novels to her essays and reporting) and Toni Morrison. More recently Donna Tartt.
A recent favorite that I hope joins those ranks is Rachel Kushner. Nell Zink is interesting too.
The Great Women of American Literature title may be too highfalutin', but two more writers I enjoy but forgot yesterday are Claire Messud and Jane Smiley.
I'm a third of the way through Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life (this mother is long) and am pretty blown away so far.
I think Jane Smiley is stylistically amazing. She's an incredibly versatile writer.
Anonymous
11/13/2015 10:02
Subject: Re:Great Women of American Literature
jsteele wrote:What about Eudora Welty? Admittedly, I haven't actually read any of her novels -- just short stories -- but I've also read about her and she seems to be held in high esteem.
I love her and yes, she's held in very high esteem.
Anonymous
11/13/2015 10:00
Subject: Re:Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ann Rice?
Definitely! She ranks up there with the giants like Stephanie Meyer and Danielle Steel
Stop! Interview With the Vampire is classic!
Anonymous
11/13/2015 09:43
Subject: Re:Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Willa Cather
Can't believe I forgot Willa Cather!
Anonymous
11/12/2015 21:46
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Lillian Hellman
Anonymous
11/12/2015 21:37
Subject: Re:Great Women of American Literature
Willa Cather
Anonymous
11/12/2015 20:55
Subject: Great Women of American Literature
Anonymous wrote:Laura Ingalls Wilder (with her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane) inspired generations of young readers and captured the pioneer spirit.
Yes!