From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 10:44:00 -600

Perry, thanks for your thoughts on Sophocles. When you get time, I'd be interested in reading your responses to the question I raised in the second paragraph: Do all works of fiction have to strive to do the same things in the same way?

I do wonder how much of our very different understandings of "Walk Two Moons" have to do with gender. I've noticed that, as writers and readers, men do often seem to be more concerned with the external world and women with the internal. And "Walk Two Moons" is definitely a book about mothers and daughters. I wonder how boys and men relate to it. Perhaps they all long for televisions and shopping malls to make the story feel grounded in a reality they can touch and understand. What do other male and female readers out there in cyberspace think about this issue? Do you think your gender stymied or enhanced your appreciation of "Walk Two Moons" or do you think it didn't figure into your reading at all?
Received on Fri 28 Jul 1995 11:44:00 AM CDT