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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,”
Month: July 2016
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
