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Christa Winsloe
Christa Winsloe (nee Christa Kate Winsloe; married name Christa Hatvany, Christa von Hatvany, Christa Hatvany-Winsloe; December 23, 1888 – June 10, 1944) was a German sculptor and… Read more “Christa Winsloe”
You’re neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad
Dear John, Is The Well of Loneliness (1928) the most depressing queer novel ever written? Judging by its contenders in early twentieth-century fiction, it can be tough to… Read more “You’re neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad”
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”
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
Christa Winsloe - Christa Winsloe (nee Christa Kate Winsloe; married name Christa Hatvany, Christa von Hatvany, Christa Hatvany-Winsloe; December 23, 1888 – June 10, 1944) was a German sculptor and… Read more "Christa Winsloe"
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"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.
