Hi Gillian,
Fascinating article -- thanks for posting.
Must say, I'm rather dubious as to why Olwyn Hughes has
jumped on this information with so much enthusiasm . . . looks
to me like she's using it to justify some kind of pro-Hughes
argument. Which is unfortunate.
Reminds me -- I was attending workshops with Anne Stevenson
during the time she was writing (or at least trying to write) 'Bitter
Fame'. I happened to walk into her office one afternoon just as
she was finishing a phone conversation with Olwyn -- "Listen . . .
Olwyn . . . . . Olwyn . . . . Olwyn . . . . oh you stupid cow!"
And slammed the phone down.
Trouble was that every *word* in the book had to be vetoed,
which drove Anne up the wall. Not a happy experience.
Andy
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