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Dates: during 1970-1979
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However, at the very beginning of her career she had to leave Yonnondio unfinished and stop writing for almost a generation due to the needs of her children. Tillie's creative spirit lay dorment for many years until it was rekindled by the bombing of Hiroshima. "I wrote I Stand Here Ironing in a certain light.... It was the light of the burning bodies.... I had to record, leave something of my time here on earth...

Author: By Julius Sviokla, | Title: The Survival of Tillie Olsen | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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