Re: Barr's works

From: farah mendlesohn (fm7@YORK.AC.UK)
Date: Tue Apr 22 1997 - 10:18:47 PDT


On Sun, 20 Apr 1997 16:17:58 -0500 lissa bloomer wrote:

> hi all:
>
> when i first joined this list, i joined it to find out about what i should
> read. i have been reading and reading and reading.. and (no one in
my
> family knows yet, thank goodness) have spent most (if not all, as of
this
> morning) of my tax returns (big because of the december birth) on
the sci
> fi books that you all suggested.
>
> thus, i blame you all for my current economic status.
>
> however, i had to stop reading new texts to learn the questions. i
found
> two books by a former teacher, here at Va Tech: Marlene Barr. the
texts:
> _Lost in Space_ and _Feminist Fabulation_.
>
> i read them both, and now have fresh, inquisitive eyes to use when
i return
> to the fiction.
>
> my questions to you all are: has anyone else out there read Barr's
books?
> thoughts?
>
> and.... does anyone know where she went? i knew her for a
whopping 2
> months, fell in love with her way of thinking, and *poof* she was
outtahere
> before i ever read her fantastic essays, hopefully she's not lost in
> space. i'd love to talk to her about these essays.
>
> -lissa bloomer
>
>
>
> Last heard of, Marleen was in Austria. She isn't too thrilled with
Virginia I gather,

Farah.



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