The women

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145 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1996 by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-29205-8
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5 stars (1 review)

2 editions

reviewed WOMEN by Hilton Als

"I have not catapulted myself past my mother's emotional existence."

5 stars

Feel pretty devastated!! Feel unable to "review!" Als has an uncommon ability to know (or guess at) the interiority of others, and his own, and to describe it. Weirdly light moment for me was when some of the characters from Please Kill Me came back through in the essay about Dorothy Dean.

Subjects

  • American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
  • Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • African American women -- Intellectual life
  • African American women -- Biography
  • African Americans -- Race identity
  • Gender identity -- United States
  • Authorship -- Sex differences
  • Identity (Psychology)