Comments for margotpeters http://margotpeters.wordpress.com Author Mon, 20 May 2013 16:36:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on About by smleonetti http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-843 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:36:41 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-843 I finally found these articles and am still trying to distill how much of the biographer goes into the narrative. Either from POV or, more boldly, inserting herself right into the story. Any thoughts? Opinions? Are there other women biographers that you pay attention to? THANKS!

]]> Comment on About by smleonetti http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-840 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:33:00 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-840 SO, I went in search of those two articles – biography is no more and neither my public nor university library has that issue and writer’s digest doesn’t have article reference…yikes.

]]> Comment on About by smleonetti http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-839 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:41:22 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-839 Thanks for your help…I will try to track these down. I am writing a research paper on the relationship between female biographers and the stories they tell (both in selection of subject and putting themselves right into the story, using I or personal experience). Lots of biographers write around it but not many address it. Then again, I may “just” write a biography instead :)

As for May Sarton, I have really enjoyed it. It has been several years since I read her works but now I want to go back and reread her…thanks again. shannon

]]> Comment on Lorine Niedecker . . . . Still! by smleonetti http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/lorine-niedecker-still/#comment-838 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:06 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-838 Margot,,,student still trying to get ahold of your essays or writings on writing biography….thanks

]]> Comment on About by margotpeters http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-837 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:28 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-837 Hello. Trying to think of what I’ve written about women writing biography! (Guess I’ve written too darn much.) I wrote an article “Biographies of Women” that was published in BIOGRAPHY, volume 2, no. 3, Summer 1979. There’s an article about me, “Biographies, She Wrote,” in WRITER’S DIGEST, March 1994. I’ve quite a bit about biography itself, but not that I can recall about women writing biography. What do you think of May? very best, Margot

]]> Comment on About by margotpeters http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-836 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:37:38 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-836 Please let me know when you’re coming to Blackhawk Island this summer. Ann Engelman and I can get you inside Lorine’s cabin. Kohlman’s isn’t open, but Lorine’s grandparents’ old Fountain House still stands, though much much changed, but we can get a beer. I’d be very pleased to have Kathleen Rooney’s book, ROBINSON ALONE. How wonderful it won the Eric Hoffer Award for Poetry. My address is 511 College Street, Lake Mills, WI 53551. Not incidentally, a few weeks ago, when I tried driving out to BI, the road was underwater and closed. Tell me more about your setting of “What Horror.” very best, Margot

]]> Comment on About by preponderous http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-834 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:28:04 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-834 I am planning a trip to Blackhawk this summer. I’m a mere 70 miles away in Racine. My friend Kathleen Rooney sparked my renewed enthusiasm for Lorine Niedecker by suggesting I set “What Horror to Awake at Night” to music. That led me to your LORINE NIEDECKER: A POET’S LIFE where I found the Weldon Kees mention. Kathleen’s book of poems, ROBINSON ALONE, based on the life of Weldon Kees, has just received the Eric Hoffer Award for Poetry. I think we should all go out for beers and a fish fry at Kohlman’s. Margot, Kathleen would like very much to send you a copy of her book if that is all right..

]]> Comment on About by smleonetti http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-833 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:12:21 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-833 Margot,

I just read may sarton. I am a non-fiction MFA student and understand you have written about women writing biography…I can’t seem to access them..where are they? Thank you

]]> Comment on About by margotpeters http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-831 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:23:03 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-831 You are right.I named Weldon Kees deliberately because I admire his poetry, feel he’s a fine poet, in many ways in tune with Lorine, and wanted his name in my biography. Welcome to the world of fascination with all things Lorine Niedecker. You must come and spend a day on an escorted tour of Blackhawk Island and Fort. Love hearing from you, thanks. very best, Margot

]]> Comment on About by preponderous http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/about/#comment-830 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:33:17 +0000 http://margotpeters.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-830 Hello Margot Peters,

I’ve recently become fascinated by the life and work of Lorine Niedecker. Your book is perfect in so many ways. I have a question. When listing poets featured in Compass you include (a non-indexed) Weldon Kees along with Moore, Stevens, and Williams. I am devoted to all things Weldon and was so glad to see him make an appearance in your book. You must appreciate him as well, as there are better known poets you could have named instead. Was your intention to steer readers toward a poet you feel to be under-appreciated?

best regards,
Dan Nielsen

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