tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post110727274640595744..comments2024-01-01T09:20:22.363-05:00Comments on Brutal Women: Aren't There Any Bad Girl Poets?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107331305575731972005-02-02T03:01:00.000-05:002005-02-02T03:01:00.000-05:00Goodness knows that they're still out there, some ...Goodness knows that they're still out there, some hidden in plain sight [Patti Smith], some like Olds, still reasonably well known. How about Kathy Acker, Audre Lorde (for the slightly older set) or even Adrienne Rich, and Marge Piercy of roughly the same vintage as Olds? The problem is that they cycle in and out of public consciousness so relatively quickly that they are all but unknown to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107296369589949252005-02-01T17:19:00.000-05:002005-02-01T17:19:00.000-05:00Very cool. Thanks for the recommendations...  ...Very cool. Thanks for the recommendations...  <br /><br /><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fbrutalwomen.blogspot.com" TITLE="kameron_hurley at hotmail dot com">Kameron Hurley</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107296261395133782005-02-01T17:17:00.000-05:002005-02-01T17:17:00.000-05:00There's always Janice Erlbaum the Girl Bomb, Nicol...There's always Janice Erlbaum the Girl Bomb, Nicole Blackman, and Anne Elliott. The three are primarily performative poets that have emerged in the last ten years, and I suspect as female performers will be overlooked, but their work is worthy of praise and analysis.<br /><br />All three are "bad" in the sense that women poets are supposed to be tormented about their femininity and sexuality, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107282330011591412005-02-01T13:25:00.000-05:002005-02-01T13:25:00.000-05:00The essay is also just strangely edited with regar...The essay is also just strangely edited with regard to the "bad men" who are discussed. Where is Ted Hughes, who for all morally relevant purposes, can be counted as having killed Sylvia Plath? Where is Charles Bukowski, who is not just unpleasant or disturbed but actively abusive? (The "we don't mean that he was a shotgun-toting, baby-kicking monster" bit particularly gets me, since I don't knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107277615740967642005-02-01T12:06:00.000-05:002005-02-01T12:06:00.000-05:00Ohhhhh... Sharon Olds. Yes. Amazing. You were my i...Ohhhhh... Sharon Olds. Yes. Amazing. You were my introduction to Olds, actually, when you posted "Sex Without Love." Amazing, amazing stuff. <br /><br />I did find that guy's opinion pretty weird, that he found he couldn't "connect" with bad girl poets the way he did with bad boys. Very odd, to me. I think he's got some reader bias. <br /><br /><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107277371102525692005-02-01T12:02:00.000-05:002005-02-01T12:02:00.000-05:00Sure, I see myself in Sexton's poetry. "For my Lo...Sure, I see myself in Sexton's poetry. "For my Lover, Returning to His Wife" more than any of them, I think... The ultimate "bad girl" poet to me is Sharon Olds, who is very much alive and most unsuicidal. <br /><br /><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fhugoboy.typepad.com" TITLE="dochugoboy at hotmail dot com">Hugo</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com