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Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall (Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall, 12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English writer. After her parents’ divorce, in 1883, when she was three, Radclyffe… Read more “Radclyffe Hall”
Nonfiction November | 2019
Hi, folks! Nonfiction November is a month-long blogging event hosted by Katie at Doing Dewey, Julz of Julz Reads, Rennie of What’s Nonfiction, Sarah of Sarah’s Book Shelves, and Leann… Read more “Nonfiction November | 2019”
Solitary and savage had been her life
Dear Elizabeth, The collection Gothic Tales, edited by Laura Kranzler (2000), comprises your most famous ghost stories published from 1851 to 1861. Reading those stories is like… Read more “Solitary and savage had been her life”
Bookshelf
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
Radclyffe Hall - Radclyffe Hall (Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall, 12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English writer. After her parents’ divorce, in 1883, when she was three, Radclyffe… Read more "Radclyffe Hall"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet. She was educated at home. Except for some instruction in Greek… Read more "Elizabeth Barrett Browning"
Christina Rossetti - Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti, 5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet. She was the youngest of four children of Gabriele Rossetti, an… Read more "Christina Rossetti"
E. M. Delafield - E. M. Delafield (pen name of Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture; 09 June 1890 – 02 December 1943) was an English author. She… Read more "E. M. Delafield"
Rhoda Broughton - Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a Welsh writer. As the youngest daughter of a clergyman, Broughton was given a classical education at home… Read more "Rhoda Broughton"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, (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.
