{"product_id":"silences-tillie-olsen-9781558614406","title":"Silences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark survey of disenfranchised literary voices and the forces that seek to silence them--from the influential activist and author of \u003cem\u003eTell Me a Riddle\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith this groundbreaking work, Olsen revolutionized the study of literature by shedding critical light on the writings of marginalized women and working-class people. From the excavated testimony of authors' letters and diaries, Olsen shows us the many ways the creative spirit, especially in those disadvantaged by gender, class, or race, has been suppressed through the years. Olsen recounts the torments of Herman Melville, the shame that brought Willa Cather to a dead halt, and the struggles of Olsen's personal heroine Virginia Woolf, the greatest exemplar of a writer who confronted the forces that worked to silence her.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1978, \u003cem\u003eSilences\u003c\/em\u003e expanded the literary canon and the ways readers engage with literature. This 25th-anniversary edition includes Olsen's classic reading lists of forgotten authors and a new introduction. Bracing and prescient, \u003cem\u003eSilences\u003c\/em\u003e remains \"of primary importance to those who want to understand how art is generated or subverted and to those trying to create it themselves\" (Margaret Atwood, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A valuable book, an angry book, a call to action.\" --Maxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSilences\u003c\/em\u003e helped me to keep my sanity many a day.\" --Gloria Naylor, author of \u003cem\u003eMama Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eSilences\u003c\/em\u003e is] 'the Bible.' I constantly return to it.\" --Sandra Cisneros, author of \u003cem\u003eThe House on Mango Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSilences\u003c\/em\u003e will, like \u003cem\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/em\u003e, be quoted where there is talk of the circumstances in which literature is possible.\" --Adrienne Rich, author of \u003cem\u003eDiving into the Wreck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tillie Olsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558614400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558614406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.04w x 0.98d","brand":"Tillie Olsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995764326655,"sku":"9781558614406","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7be4081-4a61-4bfc-af6f-d1d8713c443f.jpg?v=1683337712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silences-tillie-olsen-9781558614406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}