Segal, Lore 1982
The doctors, nurses and patients in the overcrowded, too-brightly lit Emergency Room turned toward the commotion. It was the very old woman thrashing about her with improbable strength and agility. “You do not,” she shouted, “you do not tell me to relax! I will not relax.”
– Lore Segal, Half the Kingdom
Read this interview with Lore Segal from BOMB Magazine:
BOMB Magazine – Lore Segal by Han Ong
Ilka Weissnix, fleeing Hitler’s Europe, lands in America and promptly falls in love with a disaffected black intellectual at least two decades her senior. This odd-duck affair, by turns thrilling and frustrating, is how she learns to become American, and it gives an idea of her creator Lore Segal’s striking gift for askew juxtaposition and reversal.
Watch Lore Segal read and discuss her work:
Lore Segal begins speaking at 4:30 minutes.
