Tender Darkness: A Mary Maclane Anthology

by Mary MacLane, Elisabeth Pruitt (Editor)

Anthology of maverick feminist author Mary MacLane (1881-1929), focusing on early and never-before-reprinted work.

204 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

About the author

Mary MacLane was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was known as the "Wild Woman of Butte."

MacLane was a very popular author for her time, scandalizing the populace with her shocking bestselling first memoir and to a lesser extent her two following books. She was considered wild and uncontrolled, a reputation she nurtured, and was openly bisexual as well as a vocal feminist. In her writings, she compared herself to another frank young memoirist, Marie Bashkirtseff, who died a few years after MacLane was born, and H. L. Mencken called her "the Butte Bashkirtseff."

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most inspiring books I've read in a decade. Unapologetic, raw, and beautiful.