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My soul, mad as a moth,
Dear Auta, The poems in your Horto (1900, ‘Garden’ or ‘Orchard’) address the topics of death, idealized love, childhood, romantic loss, spirituality, and the sublimation of suffering… Read more “My soul, mad as a moth,”
Auta de Souza
Auta de Souza (Auta Henriqueta de Souza, (12 September 1876 — 7 February 1901) was a Brazilian writer born in Macaíba, in Rio Grande do Norte. When… Read more “Auta de Souza”
Mid-Year Check In | 2020
Hi, folks! I saw this meme/ tag on Eric‘s channel, and decided to jump in and take the opportunity to discuss my reading year so far. Here… Read more “Mid-Year Check In | 2020”
Commonplace book
“It is best for us to continue in the belief that Eve actually ate an apple, and immediately ruined Adam in consequence! I like this belief, too, it speaks so well for the progressive power of women.” – 26 July 1857, ‘Early journalism’, in The Morgesons and Other Writings
The sadness of others one should leave alone. It is a small garden, a fragile delicate Arcadia, one should not disturb it. – I Am the Brother of XX
Menagerie of Authors
Auta de Souza - Auta de Souza (Auta Henriqueta de Souza, (12 September 1876 — 7 February 1901) was a Brazilian writer born in Macaíba, in Rio Grande do Norte. When… Read more "Auta de Souza"
Ariana Harwicz - Ariana Harwicz (1977) is an Argentine writer. She studied screenwriting and acting in Argentina and then earned a degree in performing arts from the University of Paris VII.… Read more "Ariana Harwicz"
Lorraine Hansberry - Lorraine Hansberry (Lorraine Vivian Hansberry, May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an African-American writer and playwright. Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest of four children. Her… Read more "Lorraine Hansberry"
Gayl Jones - Gayl Jones (November 23, 1949) is an African-American writer. She graduated from Connecticut College, in 1971, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1973, she… Read more "Gayl Jones"
Katherine Anne Porter - Katherine Anne Porter (born Callie Russell Porter; May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American writer. Her mother died in 1892, when Porter was two… Read more "Katherine Anne Porter"
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About this [blank] garden
“I am younger each year at the first snow.”
– Anne Sexton, in a letter to W. D. Snodgrass, in 1958.
A Self-portrait in Letters, (2004)
This is my blank space. A white page, as good as a garden covered in snow, not yet cultivated, but with some strong Spring hidden within; something simple, clean, yet to be stained; a seed with some flower all curled up inside, first waiting, then slowly unraveling.
