Blog Posts
I should be thankful to be called a Fury,
Dear Rhoda, “A woman’s soul is such a small room”, you write at some point in your novel Belinda (1883). You will trap your eponymous protagonist in… Read more “I should be thankful to be called a Fury,”
Two Viragos for the #1930Club
Hi, folks! As most of you know, this week, Simon and Karen are co-hosting the #1930Club, one of their regular six-monthly reading Clubs, where they encourage everyone… Read more “Two Viragos for the #1930Club”
German Literature Month | 2019
Hi, folks! German Lit Month ist fast wieder da! Just like in previous years, Lizzy and Caroline will host the 9th GLM this coming November. During the month, their blogs… Read more “German Literature Month | 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
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"
Charlotte Smith - Charlotte Turner Smith (4 May 1749 – 28 October 1806) was an English author. Her mother died when she was three years old and, immediately afterwards, her… Read more "Charlotte Smith"
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"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.
