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Even if I married a whole harem of women I’d still act like a bachelor

Elaine Showalter

  • Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated by Joseph Sherman
  • Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Life by Janice Hadda

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Elaine Showalter is preparing a literary history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000.

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