Introduction- Michelle Olesko

Hi everyone! My name is Michelle Olesko.  I am a fifth year senior and finally graduating in December! In my years here I have changed majors a few times but stuck with psychology in the end.  I was born and raised in Williamsville, NY.  I am taking this class to fulfill my upperlevel credits that I need for outside of my major.  I also chose this class because I love books and am always reading when I have free time.  I am excited to hear and take part in the discussions in this class.

Aside from books written by Nicholas Sparks I realized that the majority of the books I have read in my life were written by women.  I think that seeing a woman's name on the book makes it more desirable for me to read because I feel I can connect with the author's thoughts better if it was a woman over a man's writing.

The quote that stuck out to me the most in the reading for tonight was by Cynthia Ozick : "The term 'woman writer'... has no meaning, not intellectually, not morally, not historically.  A writer is a writer" (qtd, in Olsen 251).   As I said earlier, I find myself gravitating more towards literature that is written by females, however, maybe I do that solely due to my own biases.  I wonder maybe if I did not see a name on the cover before reading a piece of literature if I would connect just as well with a man's work like I do when reading a woman's work; because, like Cynthia Ozick said, a writer is a writer.