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We are generally familiar with the writing of a very few women, however.   While much good work has been done to revive interest in women writers through the ages, we still have only fragments of the writing of women from many eras and cultures.  From Seshat of Ancient Egypt through the ancient writers of Mesopotamia, China, Japan, and other countries and eras, our class will proceed to the women writers of today who continue to delight and inform us. 

Margaret Atwood      

Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Joan Didion, Laura Esquivel, Pat Geary, Amy Hemphill, Baharate Mukerjee, Zadie Smith, Marilyn Robinson, Ursula Le Guin, Sue Miller -- well, the list could go on and on.  The number of actually successful living women writers may exceed the total number of women and works we have from past centuries. 

The focus of our explorations, then, will be the women both of today - and throughout history - who have bravely struggled to write, to tell their stories, and to leave a legacy for us.

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Literature 45  - Women in Literature :  

Marjorie C. Luesebrink, MFA

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