March 24, 2010
Women's writing is going to remake our literature
“We’re going to change what we think of as literature, to a certain extent, in order for women to be fully felt, I think, in our writing. We have wonderful woman writers… who are bringing us their experience. And their work is an oeuvre; it has a different shape to it, and it’s not going to fit with the old formula of novels. Women’s writing is going to remake our literature and make it whole, I think.” –Carol Shields, “Ideas of Goodness” (from Random Illuminations by Eleanor Wachtel).
This is one of my favourite parts of this collection. ::sighes:: And now I find myself wanting to reread Unless.
Oh, rereading Unless is one of my favourite pastimes. Thank goodness if Carol Shields’ body of work had to be finite, it is infinitely rereadable.
I’m totally with you on Carol Shields. I find myself rereading The Republic of Love at least once a year. I keep wishing I could wake up one day and read a Carol Shields book for the first time again… Oh, I started a blog and linked yours to mine 🙂
I love your blog, Julia! Will post a link to it soon.