"“I don’t think I was a particularly good or diligent mother. It took a long time for the obvious to become obvious: I could not operate in a conventional family.”"
— Annie Proulx

January 1, 1970

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Pulitzer Prize winnersNovelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesPostmodern authorsPeople from Connecticut
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On women being expected to embrace motherhood naturally in “Annie Proulx: ‘I’ve had a life. I see how slippery things can be’” in The Guardian (2016 Jun 5)