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    Month: March 2018

    A small tear in the fabric of reality

    Dear Nicole, Most of the time, we tend to think of fiction as a mirror held up, facing reality. Never mind if this is a clear mirror,…… Read more “A small tear in the fabric of reality”

    28 de March de 201810 de July de 2018 by juliana

    Nicole Krauss

    Nicole Krauss (August 18, 1974) is an American writer. Krauss majored in English at Stanford University. She has a Master’s degree in English from Oxford University and one in art…… Read more “Nicole Krauss”

    28 de March de 201828 de March de 2018 by juliana

    And if you’re lost enough to find yourself

    Dear Robert, Something strong and heavy built upon a void: that’s what your poem “Directive” looks like for me. You are at the heart of paradox, that’s…… Read more “And if you’re lost enough to find yourself”

    22 de March de 2018 by juliana

    Robert Frost

    Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Frost enrolled at Dartmouth College, in 1892, and later at Harvard University, from 1897 to 1899, but never earned…… Read more “Robert Frost”

    22 de March de 201822 de March de 2018 by juliana

    That resistance that runs under the surface of so many great female writers’ books

    To speak as a man on the page “(…) A young woman grows in the world knowing that she will have to fight for her right to…… Read more “That resistance that runs under the surface of so many great female writers’ books”

    21 de March de 201823 de March de 2018 by juliana

    Franz Kafka is Dead

    Dead “Franz Kafka is Dead He died in a tree from which he wouldn’t come down. “Come down!” they cried to him. “Come down! Come down!” Silence…… Read more “Franz Kafka is Dead”

    21 de March de 201822 de March de 2018 by juliana

    What can literature do that nothing else can?

    This chance to become something “I think there were many things involved, but looking back, there must have been some sense that not only was writing a…… Read more “What can literature do that nothing else can?”

    20 de March de 2018 by juliana

    Because what is a question but a voided space?

    Lost in the woods “We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods. When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are…… Read more “Because what is a question but a voided space?”

    19 de March de 201820 de March de 2018 by juliana

    Besides the heart

    Three poems by American poet Maggie Smith, from the book Good Bones (2017): * Good Bones Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life…… Read more “Besides the heart”

    16 de March de 201822 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Maggie Smith

    Maggie Smith (1977) is an American writer, She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University, and a Master of Fine Arts from The Ohio State…… Read more “Maggie Smith”

    16 de March de 201822 de November de 2018 by juliana

    the flood of my affection

      this silence like ova bursting in my mouth, my eyes windows shivering behind the storm just before the break I lean my face into the glass…… Read more “the flood of my affection”

    7 de March de 201820 de March de 2018 by juliana

    The point is not to negate reality, but to peel back its scrim,

    Dear Chloe, Your novel The Immortalists (2018) seems to be cursed by the very premise it seeks to explore: the interplay between chance and destiny is not…… Read more “The point is not to negate reality, but to peel back its scrim,”

    3 de March de 201822 de March de 2018 by juliana

    Chloe Benjamin

    Chloe Benjamin (1990) is an American author. She graduated from Vassar College and earned a M.F.A. in fiction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches workshops on…… Read more “Chloe Benjamin”

    3 de March de 20183 de March de 2018 by juliana

    The Classics Spin #17

    Hello, lovely readers! It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! Participants post a list of 20 books on their Classics Club list. On Friday morning (March, 9th), a random…… Read more “The Classics Spin #17”

    2 de March de 201810 de March de 2018 by juliana

    We’re ourselves, and what does it signify?

    Dear Elizabeth, Your book The Runaway (1872) is a Victorian children’s novel that quietly subverted everything I normally expect from the genre. The story revolves around a pair…… Read more “We’re ourselves, and what does it signify?”

    2 de March de 201820 de March de 2018 by juliana

    Elizabeth Anna Hart

    Elizabeth Anna Hart (née Smedley, 1822-1890) was an English writer,  also known as Fanny Wheeler Hart. Books Try, and you Will: a Story for Youth, 1859 Mrs. Jerningham’s Journal,…… Read more “Elizabeth Anna Hart”

    2 de March de 20182 de March de 2018 by juliana

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