{"id":129917,"date":"2018-10-09T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=129917"},"modified":"2018-10-09T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:01:40","slug":"redux-the-idea-of-womens-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/09\/redux-the-idea-of-womens-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: The Idea of Women\u2019s Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Every week, the editors of<\/em>\u00a0The Paris Review<em>\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked\u00a0pieces delivered straight to your inbox every\u00a0Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfnx3y2sMXUtu-ZwAQeTN1iAYh_S21I2df71FY0mU5GxosjAw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/449\/luisa-valenzuela-the-art-of-fiction-no-170-luisa-valenzuela\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-129918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/luisa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/luisa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/luisa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/luisa-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, <em>The Paris Review<\/em> announced <a href=\"https:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/collections\/books\/products\/women-at-work-vol-ii-interviews-from-the-paris-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Women at Work Volume Two<\/em><\/a>, a collection of twelve interviews with female artists from the Writers at Work series. <a href=\"https:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/collections\/books\/products\/women-at-work-vol-ii-interviews-from-the-paris-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Volume Two<\/em> is available for preorder now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we bring you selections of work by some of the women featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/collections\/books\/products\/women-at-work-vol-ii-interviews-from-the-paris-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Volume Two<\/em><\/a>: Luisa Valenzuela\u2019s 2001 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/449\/luisa-valenzuela-the-art-of-fiction-no-170-luisa-valenzuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>, Louise Erdrich\u2019s short story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/2913\/the-beet-queen-louise-erdrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beet Queen<\/a>,\u201d and May Sarton\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7197\/letters-from-maine-may-sarton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters from Maine<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=ENAPRFX&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe<\/a> to read the entire archive? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/449\/luisa-valenzuela-the-art-of-fiction-no-170-luisa-valenzuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luisa Valenzuela, The Art of Fiction No. 170<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 160 (Winter 2001)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEWER<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about the idea of women\u2019s language?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">VALENZUELA<\/p>\n<p>I openly fight for it. I think there is a different charge in the words\u2014women come from the badlands of language. Women know a lot about ambivalence and ambiguity\u2014which is why, I think, good, subtle political writing by women novelists is dismissed in Argentina. Women are expected to console, not disturb the readers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/2913\/the-beet-queen-louise-erdrich\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-129922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mappy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mappy.png 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mappy-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mappy-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/2913\/the-beet-queen-louise-erdrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beet Queen<\/a><br \/>\nBy Louise Erdrich<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 95 (Spring 1985)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Long before they planted beets in Argus and built the highways, there was a rail road. Along the track, which crossed the Dakota-Minnesota border and stretched on east to Minneapolis, everything that made the town arrived. All that diminished the town departed by that route too. On a cold spring morning in 1932 the train brought both an addition and a subtraction. They came by freight. By the time they reached Argus their lips were violet and their feet were so numb that, when they jumped out of the boxcar, they stumbled and scraped their palms and knees through the cinders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7197\/letters-from-maine-may-sarton\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-129924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mack-maine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mack-maine.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mack-maine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mack-maine-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7197\/letters-from-maine-may-sarton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters from Maine<\/a><br \/>\nBy May Sarton<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 89 (Fall 1983)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I am home again, and alone.<br \/>\nToday wrote letters, then took my dog<br \/>\nOut through the sad November woods.<br \/>\nThe leaves have fallen while I was away.<br \/>\nThe ground is golden, while above<br \/>\nThe maples are stripped of all color.<br \/>\nThe ornamental cherries, red when I left.<br \/>\nHave paled now to translucent yellow.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I am home again but home has changed.<br \/>\nAnd I within this cultivated space<br \/>\nThat I have made my own, feel at a loss.<br \/>\nDisoriented. All the safe doors<br \/>\nHave come unlocked and too much light<br \/>\nHas flooded every room. Where can I go?<br \/>\nNot toward you three thousand miles away<br \/>\nLost in your own rich life, given me<br \/>\nFor an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Read between the lines.<br \/>\nThen meet me in the silence if you can.<br \/>\nThe long silence of winter when I shall<br \/>\nMake poems out of nothing, out of loss.<br \/>\nAnd at times hear your healing laughter \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like what you read,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=EDTNS17&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get a year of<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>The Paris Review<em>\u2014four new issues, plus instant access to everything we\u2019ve ever published.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To prepare you for \u2018Women at Work Volume Two,\u2019 we\u2019re giving you free access to Luisa Valenzuela\u2019s Art of Fiction interview, a short story by Louise Erdrich, and a 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