JANICE N. HARRINGTON: A MEDITATION ON THE ART OF DOILIES
from Beloit Poetry Journal Poet's Forum:
“Why, Oh Why, the Doily?” was triggered by re-discovering a collection of doilies, family keepsakes. So began a meditation on the meaning of doilies and the devalued artistry of women. My early attempts in 2004 sounded elegiac—here’s a lost time and here’s what doilies meant. Despite continual revision, drafts never moved beyond the small container of personal history.
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Why, Oh Why, the Doily?
