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The Classics Spin #21
Hi, folks! It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! By now, you know the drill: participants post a list of 20 books on their Classics Club list. On… Read more “The Classics Spin #21”
My Victober TBR | 2019
Hi, folks! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by Kate, Katie, Ange, and Lucy, where the idea is to read as much Victorian literature as we can in the month of October… Read more “My Victober TBR | 2019”
R.I.P. – R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XIV | TBR 2019
Hi, folks! As September approaches and Summer drives to an end, it’s time for me to find consolation in one of my favourite Autumn reading events: R.I.P.… Read more “R.I.P. – R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XIV | TBR 2019”
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
Carmen Laforet - Carmen Laforet (6 September 1921 – 28 February 2004) was a Spanish writer. Born in Barcelona, Carmen moved to Las Palmas, in the island of Gran Canaria, part of… Read more "Carmen Laforet"
Sibilla Aleramo - Sibilla Aleramo (pseudonym of Marta Felicina “Rina” Faccio; 14 August 1876 – 13 January 1960) was an Italian author and one of the most important Italian feminists… Read more "Sibilla Aleramo"
Brigid Brophy - Brigid Brophy (Brigid Antonia Brophy, Lady Levey, 12 June 1929 – 7 August 1995) was a British writer. The only daughter of the Anglo-Irish novelist John Brophy, Brigid… Read more "Brigid Brophy"
Júlia Lopes de Almeida - Júlia Lopes de Almeida (Julia Valentina da Silva Lopes de Almeida, September 24, 1862 – May 30, 1934) was a Brazilian writer. Born in Rio de Janeiro,… Read more "Júlia Lopes de Almeida"
Frances Burney - Frances Burney (also known as Fanny Burney; married name Madame d’Arblay; 13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840) was an English writer. While her sisters were sent… Read more "Frances Burney"About
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, Mariner Books (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.
