5.14.2008

in the name of all silenced women

It's so interesting to me the way that people describe the 1973 National Book Award. It ranges from Rich just "winning" the award to Rich being a "co-winner" to Rich "insisting that she share the award" to Rich "refusing the award" to Rich "accepting the award, along with co-nominees Alice Walker and Audre Lorde, in the name of all silenced women."

... who is doing the final telling? Who, in fact, decides who wins the award?

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