Thursday, December 6, 2018

The Badlands of Writing


“Women come from the badlands of language. Women know a lot about ambivalence and ambiguity — which is why, I think, good, subtle political writing by women novelists is dismissed in Argentina. Women are expected to console, not disturb, the readers.” 

—Luisa Valenzuela, Argentine novelist, “The Art of Fiction No. 170,” The Paris Review, 2001.




Editorial Comment: “Good, subtle political writing.” Ridiculous.




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A blossom is hope.








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