Tillie Olsen
Born 14 January 1912 · Died 1 January 2007
From Omaha, Nebraska, United States · Nationality: United States
Quotes
“I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron.”
first line of the short story "I Stand Here Ironing" 1956 , also included in Te “The whistles always woke Mazie. They pierced into her sleep like some guttural-voiced metal beast, tearing at her; breathing a terror.”
Yonnondio: From the Thirties “The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.”
"I Stand Here Ironing" 1956 , also included in Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I and Ot “It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.”
"Tell Me a Riddle" 1960 “Public libraries were my sustenance and my college.”
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Books by Tillie Olsen in order
Books by Tillie Olsen in the order they were published, from Tell Me a Riddle (1961) to The Riddle of Life and Death (2007).
- 1Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle1961 - 2Yonnondio
Yonnondio1974 - 3Silences
Silences1978 - 4Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother, Mothers on Mothering
Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother, Mothers on Mothering1984 - 5Mothers & Daughters
Mothers & Daughters1987 - 6The American Audio Prose Library Presents an Interview with The American Audio Prose Library Presents an Interview with Tillie Olsen1987
- 7The Riddle of Life and Death
The Riddle of Life and Death2007