October 1965 Issue [Article] Silences Download PDF Adjust Share When writers don't write by Tillie Olsen, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags Authorship Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) History and criticism Literature Psychological aspects Psychology Women authors More from Tillie Olsen Ways of Being Silent from the archive 50 years ago in Harper’s Magazine Literary history and the present are dark with silences: the years-long silences of acknowledged greats; the ceasing to publish after one… Adjust Share