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Maryse Holder (October 19, 1940 – September 1977) was an American memoirist and feminist writer, who was the author of Give Sorrow Words. The book was published posthumously in 1979 by Grove Press, with an introduction by feminist author Kate Millett, after Holder was murdered in Mexico in 1977, at age 36.
Jun 10, 1979 · It is the story of Maryse Holder's life before Mexico. She was born outside Paris in 1940. When she was 2 years old, her mother was arrested by the Nazis, deported to a concentration camp and...
Give Sorrow Words: Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico is a memoir of feminism and sexual adventurism in Mexico by American author Maryse Holder. The book was published posthumously in 1979 by Grove Press, after Holder was murdered in Mexico in 1977, at age 36.
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Maryse Holder is the author of Give Sorrow Words (4.03 avg rating, 36 ratings, 8 reviews, published 1979), Ich Atme Mit Dem Herzen (4.00 avg rating, 4 ra...
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Maryse Holder left her cushy job teaching philosophy in NYC to live a life she wanted, on her terms, outside respectability for any culture's margins. Her ex-girlfriend, and good friend Edith Jones asked Maryse to write her letters every day with ALL THE DETAILS of her new life.
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Jun 4, 1979 · Maryse Holder was finally killed in Mexico on her second trip, at age 36; you're not at all surprised, after you've read the letters. Her descent, cloacal and self-destructive, was an examination--more Genet than long.
True story of New Yorker Maryse Holder (Burroughs), who's an alcoholic, drug-addicted, promiscuous one-time teacher who has decided to lose herself in the degradations Acapulco has to offer. Holder's eventually murdered by a pimp and her letters to a friend are posthumously published as “Give Sorrow Words.”
