Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn't good, it wasn't poetry. It was that simple.
Erica Jongbiography is essentially a collaborative art, the latest biographer collaborating with all those who wrote earlier.
Erica JongWe don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.
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