Borges, Woolf

[Phillip Greenlief]

i've read most of her work, and have enjoyed most of it. it took me a long time 
to get into TO THE LIGHTHOUSE - i made several attempts at reading it and 
pitched it until about three years ago - went back and boom - fit like a glove. 
my favorites are MRS DALLOWAY, THE WAVES, and JACOB'S ROOM, and the non-fiction 
writing as well - i've read the diaries and letters and essays. 


i don't read to find myself, i figure it's my job as an artist to know who i am 
and do self-examination as part of the journey. i read fiction and non-fiction 
alike to understand the world i live in and to learn about others who are 
different than i am. so reading woolf helped me to begin (back in the late 
'70's) to explore the literary world of women - and i'm thankful for that - her 
writing has pointed me in numerous directions.

when i was in graduate school focusing on joyce, there were a lot of folks who 
seemed hell-bent on polarizing joyce and woolf - i never saw the advantage in 
that - seems to me like there are a lot more areas of common ground - and as i 
may have said elsewhere in these threads art isn't a competition - i don't care 
who wins the latest literary pissing contest, or who did what first, i am 
interested in the work - and there are a lot of lessons to learn from both of 
these major writers.






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From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
Cc: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tue, August 14, 2012 11:42:22 AM
Subject: Re: Borges, Woolf

I've only read her "To the Lighthouse," a few years ago.  I thought it
very sensitive and subtle, and ultimately delivered insights far ahead
of her time.  It wasn't "my" life, but it made hers quite real to me.

David Morris

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reading Woolf in college made me hate English classes. I thought she was the 
>typical thing that was taught and considered serious. It said nothing about my 
>life. Never has
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