At 05:03 AM 5/28/00 +0000, BobT wrote:
>
>
>James Rogers wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure that I buy the notion of a "female"
voice either. The
>> writer who wrote women most truthfully, IMO, was
good old D.H.
>> Lawrence....
>
>Writing isn't gender specific, and any writer worth
his or her salt can
>fool any academic into thinking they're the opposite
sex on any day of
>the week.
>
To tell you the truth, this is sorta what I
was trying to say, but perhaps I should have picked a less
controversial writer to make the point. As long as we are
discussing whether a woman can write HB, I recomend we all
take a time out to read some Dorothy Parker short stories.
"Big Blonde", for instance.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
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