Writing Like a Woman

by Alicia Suskin Ostriker

"'If we have the habit of freedom and the courage to write exactly as we think, ' as Woolf puts it in A Room of One's Own , writing like a woman simply means writing like what one actually is, in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472063472
• ISBN13: 9780472063475
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Ostriker Opened My Eyes

A wonderful book of literary criticism discussing the works of HD, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and May Swenson. I was initially leery because the book was first published in the early 80s. However, Ostriker's ideas are still fresh, interesting and thought provoking. She almost has me agreeing with her that HD is the greatest woman poet of the 20th century.... almost. The title might be misleading for some. This is not a how-to manual for aspiring writers. This is a wonderful book of essays that sent me straight out to re-read poets whose work I hadn't read in years. Additionally, Ostriker's comments about her own creativity process have lead me to read some of her work as well. I was not disappointed. This book is a must read for anyone interested in 20th Century poetry.