[Bookwoman] [bookwoman] Re: Welcome to bookwoman male vs female?

[Hcaston at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/10/2006 12:41:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
leeanne at leeanne.com writes:
On Monday, July 10, 2006 at 12:52 AM ( 7/9/06 9:52 PM -0400),
Hcaston at aol.com wrote:
> I listened to a Bill Moyer's Faith and Reason

I've been taping those, as I don't have time to 
listen to them now. I was intrigued by the 
presence of Jeanette Winterson on the guest
list. I use the word "taping" metaphorically, 
because I've been actually been stuffing them 
onto my computer's hard drive, but what's the
correct word for that? "Recording" sounds 
too generic, and is usually used for audio 
only, while "driving" sounds silly. 
==LOL, so it does!
You'll enjoy listening to her, LeeAnne....gosh, WHAT a mind she has.  She 
speaks rapidly in this interview, her mind leaping from this to that and every 
one of her connections is totally fascinating.



> In a message dated 6/20/2006 12:54:00 AM Pacific Standard 
> Time, 
> katenexile at yahoo.com writes:
>> Greetings!  I feel as though I have come back home. 

The list has been very quiet lately, I suspect 
because it's summer and hot and everyone's
working two or three jobs or swimming, not
necessarily in that order. 
==I hope that's all that it is.  Frankly I was surprised at the lack of disc 
re Eudora Welty, wished I'd had time to leap in 'cause I think the woman was a 
GEM, but maybe disc. about a woman of HER caliber wasn't everyone's cuppa?  
Have our tastes changed, perhaps?  I know I've sorely missed the mention of 
women authors I've never heard of who've written small but powerful stories 
published by small but outstanding publishers...
I recently had a thing with a cat which made me seriously wonder what IS the 
difference between male and female. The first thing I learned from this list 
was to really notice for the first time that there was indeed a difference in 
written perceptions... see, that cat in question turned out to be MALE and all 
along I'd assumed FEMALE because of her grace and courage and charm and 
amazing confidence, so I really had to stop and wonder if there is indeed a true 
difference or do we attribute certain behaviors to certain sexes and never mind 
that the qualities may be shared by both....
I've still never been able to put into cohesive words the distinctions 
between m/f prose....I myself enjoy both male and female authors, haven't seen that 
a sexual orientation makes a beanhhill's worth of difference and yet "know" 
there IS a difference.
Anybody have any thoughts?

One of these days we ought to make some 
new selections for the BDG, but when I last 
asked I received only two suggestions, neither
of which were duplicates. I hate to nag so
I kept quiet. 

==Oh I SO understand that!!

But if anyone would like to 
nominate BDG selections, please let me know.

==LOL, when I have time to READ, I'll certainly share some thoughts on BDG!! 
As it is, I'm content with partially "reading" old Anne McAffrey books, old 
Star Trek books, some modern Anne Rule EXCELLENT stuff, but I think those are 
NOT what we want BDG stuff to be!!

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> We see things not as they are but as WE are.
> -The Talmud
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Love the quote...

Lee Anne
=======================
Reality is only an illusion,
albeit a very persistant one.
      -- Albert Einstein
      
==LOL, love yours too!  Nicely said, M. Einstein..and very Zen.  Hope you 
don't mind if I steal it for my quotes folder...

'night, all!

Love,
Helena


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