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Recollections of My Life as a Woman The New York Years

Diane DiPrima

One of the most important female voices of the Beat generation speaks out in this candid memoir of her life in the 1950s Greenwich Village art and literary scenes. 10,000 first printing.

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The Ben Shapiro Show

The columnist for the New York Times mentioned being drawn to this 2001 memoir, which focuses on the author's childhood and life as a poet in 1950s New York, including her decision to be a single mother and the conflict between motherhood and an artist's demands.

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in search of new narratives, I found myself drawn to Diane DiPrima's 2001 memoir, Recollections of My Life as a Woman. It focuses on her childhood and life in New York, a portrait of the artist as a y...

— Episode: Ep. 1405 - You Aren’t The Only Person In...

Episode: Ep. 1405 - You Aren’t The Only Person In The World

The columnist for the New York Times mentioned being drawn to this 2001 memoir, which focuses on the author's childhood and life as a poet in 1950s New York, including her decision to be a single mother and the conflict between motherhood and an artist's demands.

"

in search of new narratives, I found myself drawn to Diane DiPrima's 2001 memoir, Recollections of My Life as a Woman. It focuses on her childhood and life in New York, a portrait of the artist as a young woman in all her romantic and intuitive glory.

She wrote that she avoided the pains of romance, but the man she married is still a domineering, abusive mess in her recounting. Furthermore, in marriage, she has lost something integral to herself.

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