First Femle Biographer THE NEW YORKER https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_111922&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_term=tny_daily_recirc&bxid=5bea13db3f92a404696b8c00&cndid=40464898&hasha=86eddff93a9fbbea6243cd146ceeece6&hashb=d8584f7e57c54c2920b7dd787495158697ed4791&hashc=6ba052dd2b63158e6d6676118f9f850d665b2aad0e714ee852268bfe59020ed1&esrc=AUTO_PRINT The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author Decades ago, archeologists discovered the work of Enheduanna, an ancient priestess who seemed to alter the story of literature. Why hasn’t her claim been affirmed?…

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Like (after?) Miller, I found Carolyn’s persona – earnest, brave, dry witted – both totally inspiring and in need of literary excavation. Her public valence didn’t only contrast from the private complexities of internal life but seemed, too, emboldened by…

[Sorry for the late posting, all. There was some family health drama this past week that slowed me down.] A feminist in the generation that followed Miller, how could I not fall deeply into this book? An English major in…

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Nancy Miller recalled her friendship with three brilliant friends: from Columbia, Yale, and Stanford respectively.  The book is split into three parts with each part designated for a specific friend.   Each part contains several sections with each section providing a…

I love friendship writing as a sort of foil to the marriage plot, especially when it exists within a larger story about feminism and women’s life writing. There should be more stories about friendship that feel so vulnerable and honest.…

I found the brilliance of this book in the self-referential paradoxes: the “brilliant” friends uncover the brilliance of the author in her memoir of friendship. The wonderful twists and ironies begin with the epigraph on page one: “As is well…

The narrator finally became engaged enough in the story to travel to meet with JB McLamore in the backwards Alabama town. I was curious with him and engaged from the outset. John gave details to substantiate his claims of the…