Book 69 - Stevie Smith "Me Again"
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jazzy_daveStevie Smith "Me Again" (Virago)
OK, I'll confess: before I read this book, the only bit of Stevie Smith's work that I had come across was 'Not Waving But Drowning'.
This ignorance did not prevent my forming an opinion upon the lady. This book has shattered all those pre-conceptions. Smith's work is not, as I had expected. avant garde or feminist; rather, it is a rather sad evocation of a bygone era.
Stevie Smith has an ability for which I long; the ability to draw a word picture in few words. I can see why she is respected as an author and this collection of poems,, essays, and criticism is a fine collection of her work.
OK, I'll confess: before I read this book, the only bit of Stevie Smith's work that I had come across was 'Not Waving But Drowning'.
This ignorance did not prevent my forming an opinion upon the lady. This book has shattered all those pre-conceptions. Smith's work is not, as I had expected. avant garde or feminist; rather, it is a rather sad evocation of a bygone era.
Stevie Smith has an ability for which I long; the ability to draw a word picture in few words. I can see why she is respected as an author and this collection of poems,, essays, and criticism is a fine collection of her work.
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