limitations. He expiates his own so-called chauvinist tendencies by bending to one of his superior female student's challenge to teach more women writers. One afternoon Welsh is handed a note by one of his senior English students, Ellen Butler. She scribbles her lament that she is bored since Welsh seemed to be so one-sided in his presentations as to offer only "a few poems by women. We're constantly getting the male view" (Welsh, 1987, p. 133). Welsh's openness is rewarded, and his curriculum broadens. Now every year he teaches Maxine Kumin and Adrienne Rich's poetry, enjoying an almost stellar response when he teaches Rich's essay, "Trying to Talk to a Man" (p. 134). Welsh's self-portrayal remains characteristically wry as when he comments upon one of Butler's post-graduation letters. Having entered Vassar, Butler now sends Welsh additional women writers to read and consider teaching. Welsh observes that Butler's words are "warmer but still cautionary", ending with this rejoinder: "and watch out for those sexist remar
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