“I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote. I want to be free…. I want, I want to think, to be omniscient…. I think I would like to call myself ‘The girl who wanted to be God.”
This book compiles letters written by an individual to a single recipient, offering insights into the sender's experiences and emotions during their travels or correspondence. more
American poet, novelist, and playwright. Her works are known for their profound emotion and unique style, and she is considered one of the most important female writers of the 20th century. more
“I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.”