Wednesday Reading Meme

[osprey_archer]

What I’ve Just Finished Reading

Constance Fenimore Woolson’s Anne! Yes, I am free of this book forever! Actually it became much less irritating later on; or maybe I just became inured to it through long exposure

Comments

[asakiyume]

Yeah, I'm annoyed that the author can just dismiss the notion of romantic attraction to women, too. I don't have a vested interest one way or another, but dismissive attitudes bug me.

Glad Anne is behind you now!

[osprey_archer]

He seems to be arguing with a previous Emily Dickinson biographer who argued that Dickinson was 100% a lesbian, and I can see why he gets frustrated with this because there's a lot of evidence that Dickinson was attracted to men... but apparently neither biographer believes that bisexuality is a thing that exists.

[asakiyume]

This is an attitude that causes great frustration and pain to actual bi folks -_-

[evelyn_b]

Ready as I'll ever be!

Are there two books on Emily Dickenson called My Wars are Laid Away in Books? The one I read was by Alfred Habegger.

[osprey_archer]

No, I think I must have gotten the author name wrong somehow. This is what I get for Googling the title instead of checking the book itself!