Marge Piercy - author of over thirty novels and books of poetry, one memoir, and countless other influential writings - visited Cooper Hall last night! She and her husband, Ira Wood, drove here from Cape Cod yesterday with plans to drive all the way back today. She first sat with my Writer's Craft class to answer questions about her writing techniques as well as projects she is working on at the moment.We should expect the history of roses from her soon. At first this topic sounded extremely boring, but she wove a tale about wild roses that quickly stimulated my interest.
Woman on the Edge of Time is written in the 70s about a woman named Connie who travels (from her mental hospital) to the futuristic village of Mattapoisett. While most of you are probably thinking that this will be a book with robots and clones, you're mistaken (for the most part). Connie's vision of the future is far from what I've seen in other movies, books, or even cartoons. I couldn't set this book down and finished the few hundred pages in record time!
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