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    Month: July 2016

    For she had a great variety of selves to call upon,

    My dear, dearest Ginny, What stroke me the most in Orlando (1928) was the fact that you were once again so unabashedly bold – for having written a…… Read more “For she had a great variety of selves to call upon,”

    29 de July de 201623 de April de 2018 by juliana brina

    Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf (née Adeline Virginia Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She was a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her parents…… Read more “Virginia Woolf”

    28 de July de 201610 de November de 2018 by juliana brina

    All Virago/All August 2016

    Hello, fellow readers! I’ve just found out at the lovely blog Heavenali that August is also a month dedicated to reading through our long most loved TBR list…… Read more “All Virago/All August 2016”

    25 de July de 201613 de September de 2016 by juliana brina

    Beware against the sweet person, for sugar has no nutrition

    Dear Anne, I was unsure whether I should read Vinegar Girl (2016), the latest book in the Hogarth Shakespeare series. “The Taming of the Shrew” is a…… Read more “Beware against the sweet person, for sugar has no nutrition”

    21 de July de 20163 de April de 2017 by juliana brina

    Anne Tyler

    Anne Tyler (October 25, 1941) is an American writer. Until she was 11 years old, she did not have formal education. She had home lessons in art,…… Read more “Anne Tyler”

    20 de July de 201621 de July de 2016 by juliana brina

    He had been, she perceived, too happy for safety

    Dear Margaret, I’ve been trying to write to you since the beginning of June, when I read your novel The forgotten Smile (1961). It took me a…… Read more “He had been, she perceived, too happy for safety”

    13 de July de 201620 de June de 2017 by juliana brina

    Margaret Kennedy

    Margaret Kennedy (23 April 1896 – 31 July 1967) was an English writer. She attended Cheltenham Ladies’ College, and Somerville College, Oxford. She had a son and two…… Read more “Margaret Kennedy”

    12 de July de 201620 de June de 2017 by juliana brina

    Women in Translation Month 2016

    Hey y’all, Meytal over at the Biblibio blog is hosting the Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth) in August. The event attempts to turn the spotlight onto works written by female…… Read more “Women in Translation Month 2016”

    7 de July de 201625 de August de 2016 by juliana brina

    Calling into empty rooms

    Dear Emma, Your most recent novel, Modern Lovers (2016), peopled with aging hipsters and angsty teenagers, makes for a breezy summer read. The novel is set in…… Read more “Calling into empty rooms”

    6 de July de 20166 de July de 2016 by juliana brina

    Emma Straub

    Emma Straub (1980) is an American writer. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Vogue, Elle, New York Magazine, Tin House, The Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, The…… Read more “Emma Straub”

    6 de July de 20166 de July de 2016 by juliana brina

    There was so much to destroy

    Dear Emma, Your fictionalization of the Manson murders, “The Girls” (2016), is a quite strong debut novel about coming of age within a structure of gender exploitation…… Read more “There was so much to destroy”

    4 de July de 201613 de July de 2016 by juliana brina

    Emma Cline

    Emma Cline (1989) is an American writer.  She is a Columbia MFA grad, and has published short stories in Tin House and the Paris Review. She works as a reader…… Read more “Emma Cline”

    4 de July de 20164 de July de 2016 by juliana brina

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