Eavan Boland

The author recounts her life growing up in Ireland, describes the attitudes toward women and poets, and discusses her career as a writer

Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time

This was veeeeery slow but most likely worth it because of all of the wisdom she's able to impart. I just wish that there was less time spent describing eeevverryythiinggg about Ireland that she sees.

The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time

Object Lessons

Kate

I did it! This was very slow going for me. It had the tendency to be quite repetitive (which I believe the author is well aware of as she mentions that she will come back to the same moments frequently early on in the book). There is a complexity in the writing that meant I had to read carefully, and oftentimes more than once through. However, there were countless illuminating and magnificent passages, containing nuanced and impressive images and ideas. Much of the writing is absolutely five-star quality, but certain parts were quite dense (or perhaps beyond my reach intellectually) and detracted somewhat from my full enjoyment of this book.

Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time

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