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The teaching weblog of Chris Murray, for Engl. 4330--Advanced Seminar in Creative & Critical Writing: Electronic Poetry and Poetics--Fall 2004 semester. University of Texas at Arlington

Sunday, October 10, 2004

A fine response to the Williams/Stein reading: Tanya Williamson

Before I read Williams' "The Work of Gertrude Stein," I felt totally lost, confused, perplexed, frustrated, and alienated as I read Stein's text. I wish I had read Williams first. Then, perhaps, I would have had a better understanding of what I was reading; not only what, but why I was reading it, and why it was important for me to experience Stein's craft. Even though I still do not understand the meaning of what Stein was trying to say, I feel like I can at least appreciate the beauty of the words strug together on the page, like pearls strung together to make a beautiful necklace. Each word Stein uses causes the brain to engage in a different way than it had before in just reading that one simple word, and by allowing my ear to hear the words, and not just my eyes to see them, I felt like I was experiencing Stein in the way in which she may have intended for her readers.

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