Elaine Showalter, professor emerita of English at Princeton University, presents a history of female writers in American in her book, A Jury of Her Peers: American Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx. Ms. Showalter explores the influence women have had on the American literary canon and profiles authors from throughout the history of the nation. Elaine Showalter discusses her book with Sara Nelson, critic for The Daily Beast and former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly.
Elaine, did you ever review Clare Garradas stage play "Parkinson's." Its a hard hitting, gritty drama, set in the ante room of a Liverpool Dock Road brothel. The two sole characters, Jack and Jirk, remain on stage for three hours, seemly waiting an eternity for never appearing fat Spanish prostitute "La Gorda."
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