[Vwoolf] Weighing in

[Bonnie Scott]

I was aware of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf  and during my freshman year in college I decided on a rainy afternoon to check her out in the library.  I pulled To the Lighthouse off the shelf, sank down on the floor and began reading.  Before I knew it the bell for the library closing was going off.  My roommate was sure that something dire had happened to me, not just because I barely made curfew, but because I returned in a slightly dazed condition. I did my honors thesis in Woolf and Joyce, a combination I've never turned from.

Best,
Bonnie
On Aug 22, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Toni McNaron wrote:

> Vara asks other of us to say how we became captivated by Woolf.  I was in graduate school in Madison at the University of Wisconsin, working on Renaissance (as we called it then) literature.  I had never even heard of Virginia Woolf.  A woman to whom I was entirely attracted asked me if I read her and I tried not to answer.  I went right to the library and got /To the Lighthouse/ because the object of my crush had mentioned that title.  I was completely stunned and amazed and just kept reading.  As soon as I had a little wiggle room as a professor, I began teaching her to other young people who didn't know who she was.  The relationship with the woman only lasted 7 years, but my connection to Virginia continues to grow as I continue to age.
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Bonnie Kime Scott, Ph. D.
Professor Emerita of Women's Studies
San Diego State University
bkscott at mail.sdsu.edu





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