http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/what-tillie-olsen-taught-me/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:22:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/what-tillie-olsen-taught-me/#comment-7102 Lavinia Greenlaw Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:21:34 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=1253#comment-7102 Thank you, Wanda, for writing about Tillie Olsen. I came across her stories in the 80s and they are still tremendously important to me (as is Silences, a dazzlingly literary book about not being able to write) . It seemed to me that too often political engagement was sustained at the cost of art. Not so with her. I urge people to read her stories, especially "Hey Sailor, What Ship?". Read it aloud. Thank you, Wanda, for writing about Tillie Olsen. I came across her stories in the 80s and they are still tremendously important to me (as is Silences, a dazzlingly literary book about not being able to write) . It seemed to me that too often political engagement was sustained at the cost of art. Not so with her. I urge people to read her stories, especially “Hey Sailor, What Ship?”. Read it aloud.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/what-tillie-olsen-taught-me/#comment-7101 Jason Crane Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:22:29 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=1253#comment-7101 Thank you for this post -- and particularly for the link to the Tillie Olsen film. I just contacted Annie Hershey about purchasing a copy. I'm embarrassed to say I'd never heard of Tillie Olsen. But that's the beauty of being part of a larger community -- good things find their way to you, sometimes without your even trying. Thank you for this post — and particularly for the link to the Tillie Olsen film. I just contacted Annie Hershey about purchasing a copy. I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of Tillie Olsen. But that’s the beauty of being part of a larger community — good things find their way to you, sometimes without your even trying.

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