In 1969 , at the age of twenty - four , she entered graduate school at Brandeis University in Waltham , Massachusetts under a Fulbright scholarship .
In 1969 , at the age of twenty - four , she received a PhD in English and American Literature in 1973 .
In 1969 , at the age of twenty - four , she entered graduate school at Brandeis University in Waltham , Massachusetts under a Fulbright scholarship , and received a PhD in English and American Literature in 1973 .