May Sarton - Typescript Signed Circa 1989

MAY SARTON May Sarton signs a typed quote from an interview with Writer's Digest 1989 Typescript signed: "May Sarton", 1p. 8½x11. Typed quotation from an interview in York, Maine with Writer's Digest, March 1989. In part: "In America I think I'm pushed aside as that awful thing called a sensitive feminine writer. The very ingredient……which is my case, I think". May Sarton (1912-1995) was born in Belgium as Eleanor Marie Sarton and was moved to Boston when she was three. A poet, novelist and memoirist, most of her works reflect the lesbian experience. Her first book of poetry was published in 1937, Encounter in April and she won the Levinson Prize for her 1994 Coming Into Eighty. Her acclaimed 1961 novel, The Small Room, analyzes women's education at its best but has a subtheme of lesbian relationships. When she published Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965) she was quoted as saying "The fear of homosexuality is so great that it took courage to write…" Sarton also wrote Nonfiction and Children's books. Lightly creased at top edge. Fine condition. - Please contact us if you have any questions or require additional information. HFSID 169098