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I Stand Here Ironing is one of four short stories in Tillie's Olsen's brilliantly written collection, Tell Me a Riddle. This short story is the haunting account of a mother who was impotence to shepherd her now nineteen year old daughter through the vicissitudes of life during the early1950s. Ms. Olsen's writing is sinewy, unapologetic and ultimately seething with resignation. I cry every time I read this tale. I cry at the sadness it evokes within me , I cry at the beauty of the language and I cry in empathy for a mother's pain. Tillie Olsen is a brilliant American writer. I Stand Here Ironing has stayed with me for many years and most likely will continue for many more.
Jo Chandler


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Tell Me a Riddle Tillie Olsen 9780385290104 Books Reviews

Amazed by her words and writing - the first story, I STAND HERE IRONING - where a mother is mulling over the changes in her and her daughter's lives and relationship. The stories were published in the 50s originally, but were written in a time-free fashion. Get you a copy, you hear?
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Don't be fooled! This is not Tillie Olsen's collection of four short stories of which "Tell me a Riddle" is only one. This book has only the one story and the rest is commentary, historical timelines, etc. Several people in my book club made the same error. The commentary was fine, but if you are looking for the collection of stories under "Tell me a Riddle," this is not the book. "I Stand Here Ironing," O, Yes," and "Hey Sailor, What Ship?," are NOT included in this volume. Olsen is a major short story writer of the 20th century and I urge everyone to read her work.
I had to do a book report on Tillie Olsen there were two stories in the book that my teacher had not read. Aced the report and got to read 4 amazing stories written by a wonderful author. The book itself was a little worn but I expected that from a book no longer in print.
While young people might find Tell Me a Riddle a bit outdated, it speaks directly to the heart of the immigrant experience in America. But it is much much more, exposing universal themes of marriage, parent-children relationships, illness and death.
It is a wrenching and deeply moving story that will stay with you forever.
An American masterpiece, every sentence from the emotional heart of each story. There's really nothing like "Tell Me A Riddle" in American literature. You do not read so much as listen to each narrator's voice. How, you ask yourself, has Olsen done this, captured the nuance of different voices telling a human story? What's thrilling is not that Olsen knows so much but that she found the language of the heart of each situation.
I Stand Here Ironing is one of four short stories in Tillie's Olsen's brilliantly written collection, Tell Me a Riddle. This short story is the haunting account of a mother who was impotence to shepherd her now nineteen year old daughter through the vicissitudes of life during the early1950s. Ms. Olsen's writing is sinewy, unapologetic and ultimately seething with resignation. I cry every time I read this tale. I cry at the sadness it evokes within me , I cry at the beauty of the language and I cry in empathy for a mother's pain. Tillie Olsen is a brilliant American writer. I Stand Here Ironing has stayed with me for many years and most likely will continue for many more.
Jo Chandler