poem: "For Jedella, With My Very Best Regards" by Suzette Haden Elgin


	poem: "For Jedella, With My Very Best Regards" by Suzette Haden Elgin

Lexica

6-24-2009 4:59 PM

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6-25-2009 9:31 AM

Jorjor

I first encountered Suzette Haden Elgin's work in 1976; since then, I've read or studies over a dozen of her books. At least two were texts for college courses.

6-25-2009 8:16 PM

Jorjor

Typo: "studies" = "studied"

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