04-10-2013, 03:02 PM | #1 |
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"21 Books Written by and about Women that Every Man Should Read"
This isn't my personal list, but it's a fairly interesting one. Some of the choices are obvious, a few are proprietary, and the rest seem worth considering.
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04-10-2013, 03:45 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for posting. The Handmaid's Tale is of course terrific. I already had The Flame Throwers on my wish list. Excellent Woman caught my eye (sadly there seems to be no Kindle edition available).
I was very surprised that Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon was not on the list. Kind of a glaring omission in fact. It is a retelling of the King Arthur legend from a female persepective. Very feminist. I can attest as a male that it is a terrific book. The thought processes - including fear and dread - that one of the characters felt at the thought of going through childbirth (with no pain relievers and little better than a coin's flip chance of survival in those days) made a lasting impression on me. I had to chuckle where it said "everyone loves Tina Fey" - my wife hates her. Last edited by usuallee; 04-10-2013 at 03:47 PM. |
04-10-2013, 06:16 PM | #3 |
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I should re-read Excellent Women I suppose, though I think I'll pass on doing so with The Bell Jar.
Drinking with Men is on my TBR pile, along with The House of Mirth, which keeps getting sidetracked despite having been there a fair while. I'm not keen on reading Tina Fey's book either. I wonder whether my mom might like Lorrie Moore's book? |
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I guess I might be expelled from the sisterhood. I've read a measly three of the books--de Beauvoir, Plath, and Pym. Most of them I've never even heard of. Oh well.
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I get to 4 (Handmaid's Tale, Left Hand of Darkness, The Bell Jar and House of Mirth). And I second 'Mists of Avalon'. Great book.
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if "left hand.." on list, will skip remainder
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A few of the listed writers (Eileen Myles, for example) would be known chiefly by people who live in S.F., L.A. or NYC. If you dwell in any of those places and were ever active in the Poetry Project/Beyond Baroque communities, you can't help but know them. If not, you shouldn't be expected to unless you care. Certain choices might be Emily Temple's publishing pets, while still others could be generational markers that I wouldn't know. Any of those categories might or might not yield good choices, Cat, as I'm sure you realize. The only way to find out is to take a look, as I'll do with the unfamiliar titles. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 04-12-2013 at 12:22 PM. |
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Oh dear, I haven't read a single one of those books on the list...
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Since I happen to admire Ursula K. LeGuin, I respectfully disagree. However, I'm always interested to hear why someone chooses to have a rather emphatic opinion which is antipodal to my own.
Which brings me to your emphatic opinion, my friend. Four-word evaluations tend to be useless unless one has a mastery of the Zen Koan and is actually able to explain in very few words why one thinks a given writer is "terrible." I've noticed your posts tend to be terse and pointed; often, you really can explain yourself completely in very few words. Here's the question: Can you elaborate (without being elaborate) as to exactly why you feel the way you do about U.K.L.? Does that sound like a challenge, Jon? It might well be! Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 04-23-2013 at 09:01 AM. |
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I've only read one book on that list: The Handmaid's Tale. I enjoyed that book but it took some maturity to do so. I admit that when I was assigned to do so in high school, I only read a quarter way through before deciding I hated it. I decided to try again last year and felt very differently about it.
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I doubt that most kids are likely to get swept up by Elizabethan/metaphysical poetic rhythm unless they have unusual experiences that connect them to those sounds. Children do tend to be sensitive to rhythm, but not necessarily that kind. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 05-02-2013 at 06:09 AM. |
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book: work hard put large square bolt into small round hole
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Ya-Ya's
Great list and thanks for sharing! As I've known a few men who really loved this book and I think it perfectly depicts women's lifelong friendships, I would add The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells to the mix. No other book on the list is like it and, IMHO, it's a truly great novel - not only about women's friendships, but also details the mother-daughter relationship as well as how alcoholism is experienced by a woman.
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