[Vwoolf] Weighing in

[Toni McNaron]

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.

Toni