Jan 23 2018
Jenny Joseph, whose poem "Warning" was twice voted Britain's favorite poem, has died at the age of 85.
It is perhaps best known for its opening lines: "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple / With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me."
Despite it being about old age, Joseph was in her 20s when she wrote it - and never did like the color purple!
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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