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Women's Literature from 1960 to the Present - Jamaica Kincaid (Short Story Date 26 June 1978)
JAMAICA KINCAID (SHORT STORY DATE 26 JUNE 1978)
SOURCE: Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." In At the Bottom of the River, pp. 3-5. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Inc., 1979.
The following story, "Girl," was the first short story to be published by Kincaid. It appeared in the June 26, 1978 edition of The New Yorker, and was eventually reissued in Kincaid's award-winning short story collection At the Bottom of the River (1979).
ON THE SUBJECT OF…
ERICA JONG (1942-)
"If 'woman writer' ceases to be a polite but negative
label, it will be due in great measure to
the efforts of Erica Jong."
Reardon, Joan. "'Fear of Flying': Developing the
Feminist Novel." International Journal of Women's
Studies 1, no. 3 (May-June 1978): 306-20.
Best known for her novel Fear of Flying (1973), Erica Jong has...
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